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The Wild Garden 



seldom seen in gardens ; for its growth is robust and 

 its habit coarse. It is, however, a good plant for 

 a rough place where the ample room which it wants 

 may be spared and where it may take care of itself, 

 showing among the hardiest of the early spring 

 flowers. 



THE CRETAN BORAGE (Borago Cretica): example of perennial too vigorous for flowerbeds. 



Thus, though I say little of the .^Ikanet (Anchusa) 

 tribe, several of which could be found worth a place 

 with our own British Evergreen Alkanet, it will be 

 seen that a garden of beauty may be reaped from 

 the Forget-me-not tribe alone. Any one could settle 



