138 The Wild Garden 



this charming old plant, just seen above the tops of the 

 long Grass, growing singly, in little groups, or in colonies, 

 formed a June garden of themselves. Established 

 among the Grass, they will henceforward, like it, take 

 care of themselves. The rosy, heart-shaped blooms of 

 the Dielytra spectabilis are seen at some distance through 

 the Grass, and, so grown, furnish a bright and pretty 



LAEGE-FLOWERED CLEMATIS. 



effect. Tj^eeP^onies succeed, and their great heads 

 of flower quite light up this charming wilderness. 

 Plants of the Go at's B eard Spiraea (S. Aruncus) are 

 very stately and graceful, even now, before they flower, 

 being quite 6 feet high. In the wild garden, apart 

 from the naturalization of free-growing exotics, the 

 establishment of rare British flowers is one of the 

 most interesting occupations; and here, under a Pine 

 tree, the modest, trailing Linnaea borealis of the 



