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blue Lithospermum prostratum. Among these groups 

 were the large Evening Primroses and Peruvian Lily 

 (Alstrcemeria), the whole relieved by bold masses of 

 flowering shrubs, so grouped as not to show a trace 

 of formality. All this was done without in the least 

 detracting from the most perfect keeping. The garden 

 is more free from offensive geometrical-twirling, barren 

 expanse of gravelled surface, and all kinds of puerilities 

 — old-fashioned and new-fangled — than any garden 

 I have seen for years. 



The following, from a correspondent, shows what may 

 be done with few advantages as to space or situation : — 



' We have a dell with a small stream of spring water running 

 through it. When I first came to Brockhurst I found this 

 stream carried underground by a tile culvert, and the valley 

 sides covered with Rhododendrons, the soil between carefully 

 raked and kept free from weeds, so that it was only during 

 springtime that flowers relieved the sombre effect of this 

 primness. After five years this has all been changed into 

 what I think you would call a wild garden, and we have 

 cheerfulness and beauty all the year round. 



' In the first place the brooklet was brought to the surface, 

 and its course fringed with marsh plants, such as Marsh 

 Marigolds, Forget-me-nots, Celandines, Irises, Primroses, and 

 Ranunculuses, together with Osmundas, Hart's-tongues, and 

 other Ferns. Many large-growing Carex and large Rushes 

 are also here. Little flats were formed and filled with peat, 

 in which Cypripediums, Trilliums, Orchises, Solomon's Seal, 

 and many rare bog-plants find a home. In the valley we 

 have planted bulbs by thousands— Crocuses, Snowdrops, 

 Daffodils, and Narcissi. The Rhododendrons were thinned and 



