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The Wild Garden 



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THE TALL OX EYE DAISY 

 (Pyretbrum aerotinum). 



Phlomis. — Showy and stately her- 

 baceous or half-shrubby plants, with 

 a profusion of handsome yellow 

 or purplish flowers. Excellent for 

 naturalization in warm open woods, 

 copses, banks, growing well in 

 ordinary soil. Some kinds carpet 

 the ground very closely and keep 

 away weeds. 



Virginian Poke, Phytolacca decan- 

 dra. — A robust perennial, with long 

 dense spikes of purplish berries. 

 It will grow anywhere and in any 

 soil ; but is most imposing in rich 

 deep ones. The berries are relished 

 by birds, and it is fine for association 

 with the stoutest herbaceous plants 

 in rough places. 



Lungwort, Pulmonaria. — Dwarf 

 plants of the borage family, with 

 showy blue or pinkish blossoms. 

 Easily established in woods or 

 copses, in which position the common 

 blue one must be familiar to many in 

 the woods of England and France. 

 The plants are common in cottage 

 gardens ; they grow in any soil. 



The tall Ox-eye Iiaisy,Pyrethrum 

 serotinum. — This fine autumn flower- 

 ing plant, for years left in the 

 Botanic Gardens, is one of the 

 handsomest flowers. It grows 5 or 



