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ones and bluebells have already established them- 

 selves, showing that conditions are right for growth. 

 Where a garden is cut out of a wood some should 

 be saved, thinning out if necessary, for this pur- 

 pose, and if the property includes a wood the 

 made garden should extend a branch in its direc- 

 tion so as to include part of it. A strip of land 

 along the boundary hedge may be converted into a 

 shrubbery walk and so connect the wild garden 

 with the main part. 



WILD GARDENS 



A WILD garden should be treated strictly in 

 " landscape " fashion, developing the natural 

 resources for the sake of the plants. When a 

 wood can be used trees should be cleared suffi- 

 ciently to let in patches of sun, and azalea mollis 

 (if the soil permits) should be planted in some of 

 the clearings. Pathways of stone, set in the 

 Japanese style, or of beaten earth which soon 

 becomes mossy, may traverse the wood to give 

 dry access to various points of interest. The 

 stepping stone path affords shelter to many dainty 

 ferns which might be smothered amongst the 

 general vegetation. Made paths of gravel or ash 

 should be avoided. 



The planting must be in broad masses. Upkeep 

 consists merely in removing interloping weeds, 

 or invasions from the neighbouring groups of 



