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stronger habit. Groups should blend together, 

 but there is always a tendency, which requires 

 watching, for vigorous plants to overwhelm the 

 weaker. One of the most gorgeous mixtures I 

 have ever seen was at Wisley, in the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society's garden, where primula japonica 

 which riots in the ditches of that enchanted wood 

 had spread up the bank and joined forces with 

 meconopsis cambrica. The vivid orange of the 

 latter with the primula's shades of rose and crim- 

 son was a wonderful sight. 



A place that is too large to be laid out and put 

 entirely under gardener's care may be partially 

 treated as a wild garden, even though no wood 

 exists for a foundation. Meadow grass is charm- 

 ing merely with its English flowers, to which 

 numerous bulbs crocus, narcissus, tulip and fritil- 

 lary species may be added. The narcissus family 

 alone is enormous, and from it should be selected 

 species for naturalising. Such aristocrats as Mdme. 

 de Graaf, Emperor and Sir Watkin look out of 

 place in rough grass, and the same applies to most 

 florist's varieties. The principle cannot be too 

 rigidly followed, or many of the finest flowering 

 trees would be excluded, and the various crab 

 apples may be planted in the wildest surroundings. 

 A wild meadow garden should be furnished with 

 groups of crabs, cherries and thorns, birch and 

 other light growing trees. Easy passage ways 

 can be made of mown grass, the mowing machine 



