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interspersed with Azaleas, and other handsome-foliaged shrubs, 

 to give brightness to the spring flowering, and rich colour to 

 the foliage in autumn. In the spaces between we introduced 

 Wil d Hyaci flths everywhere, and in patches among these the 

 Red Campion, together with every other pretty wild flower 

 we could obtain — Forget-me-nots, Globe-flowers, Columbines, 

 Anemones, Primroses, Cowslips, Polyanthuses, Campanulas, 

 Golden Rods, &c. We have also planted bulbs very 

 extensively, and as they have been allowed to grow on un- 



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disturbed we have now large patches of Daffodils, Narcissi, 

 and other spring flowers in great beauty. When we trim 

 the garden all the spare plants are brought here, where they 

 form a reserve, and it is thus gradually getting stocked, and 

 all the bare ground covered with foliage and flowers. Lastly, 

 for autumn blooming we raised large quantities of Foxgloves 

 in evef^rcolour, and the larger Campanulas, and these were 

 pricked out everywhere, so that we have, to close the year, 

 a glorious show of Foxglove flowers worth all the trouble. 

 A wild garden of this sort is a very useful reserve ground. 



