CHAPTER V. 



PLANTS CHIEFLY FITTED FOR THE WILD GARDEN. 



A GOOD reason for one 

 form of the Wild Garden is 

 that it offers us a way of 

 growing a number of exotic 

 plants not suited for garden 

 culture in the old sense. 

 Many of these plants have much 

 beauty when in flower, and at other 

 seasons, but they are so vigorous in 

 growth that they overrun all their 

 more delicate neighbours. Many, too, 

 are so coarse that they are unfit for 

 choice borders, and after flowering 

 they leave a blank or a mass of un- 

 sightly stems. These plants are not 

 "^^fortta'wudTs^a^"* prctty iu gardens, and are a main 

 cause of the neglect of hardy flowers ; 

 yet beautiful at certain stages. A tall Harebell, stiffly tied 

 up in a garden border, is at besToTtimes an unsightly 

 object ; but the same plant growing amongst the long 



