THE WILD GARDEN 



and smooth, green jfields where sheep gather 

 under the protecting shade of great oaks, 

 across a wide extent of country to the 

 distant, shimmering sea, many miles away, 

 now blue, now gray where the sunlit sails 

 are clearly seen. 



This Connecticut garden is a unique ex- 

 pression of wild, or natural, gardening, which 

 has both value and interest, and is well 

 worth while. It is of importance, also, as an 

 example of a development of possibilities 

 that may be within the reach of many who, 

 so far, have not availed themselves of oppor- 

 tunities lying close at hand. Here are gathered 

 and planted, with a particular regard for 

 appropriateness of situation and proximity, 

 nearly all of the native plants, ferns and 

 shrubs of Connecticut, and the locality 

 itself is so favored that most of the wild 

 flowers whose habitat is anywhere in the 

 country between southern Maine and New 

 Jersey are to be found there, the orchids of 

 the more northern region alone being wanting. 



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