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The Wild Garden 



handsome trailing through shrubs, in rough places, or over 

 old stumps. 



The pretty little Rosy Bindweed that one meets often upon 

 the shores of the Mediterranean is here depicted at home in 

 an English garden, creeping up the leaves of an Iris in 

 Mr. Wilson's garden at Heatherbank, Weybridge Heath. 



We possess a great privilege in 

 being able to grow the fair flowers 

 of so many regions in our own. 

 This beautiful pink Bindweed is, 

 so to speak, the representative in 

 the south of our own Rosy Field 

 Bindweed, but it is perfectly hardy 

 and free in our own soils. Its 

 botanical name is Convolvulus 

 althaeoides. I put the Great 

 Bindweed in the banks when 

 forming fences, as in these it is 

 a harmless as well as a beautiful 

 ' weed.* 



Marsh Calla, Calla palustris. — 



A creeping Arum-like plant, with 



white flowers showing above a low 



carpet of glossy leaves, admirable 



for naturalization in muddy places, 



moist bogs, on the margins of ponds. 



Rosy Coronilla, Coronilla varia. — On grassy banks, stony 



heaps, rough rocky ground, spreading over slopes or any 



like positions. A very fine plant for naturalization, thriving 



in any soil. 



Giant Scabious, Cephalaria. — Allied to Scabious but 

 seldom grown. They are worth a place for their fine vigour 



SOUTH EUROPEAN BINDWEED 

 creeping up the steins of em Iris in 

 an English ganien. 



