6 THE WILD GARDEN. 
dotted through massesof.shrubs, their flowers _are lowers are admired 
more than if they were in 1 isolate showy masses ; sitsseetrs wren Eli they 
ee of bloom they are rived AITET_ TS Vegetation 
and not eyesores, as when in rigid unrelieved tufts in borders, 
In a wild or semi-wild state the beauty of individual 
species will proclaim itself when at its height; and when out 
of bloom they will be succeeded by other kinds, or lost 
among the numerous objects around. 
Fourthly, because it will enable us to grow many plants 
that have never yet obtained a place in 
our “trim gardens.” I allude to the 
multitudes of plants which, not being 
so showy as those usually considered 
worthy of a place in gardens, are never 
seen therein. The flowers of many of 
these’are of the highest order _ 
“of beauty, especially when 
seen in numbers. An 
isolated tuft of one of 
these, seen in a formal 
border, may not be con- 
sidered worthy of its 
place, while in some, 
Blue flowered Composite plant ; fine foliage and habit ; ws . 
type of noble plants excluded from gardens. wild glade, in a wood. 
(Mulgedium Plumieri.) — 
ulgedium umiueri, > 7 
a little colony, grouped’ 
naturally, or associated with like subjects, its effect_may be 
exquisite. Among the subjects usually considered unfit for 
‘garden cultivation may be included a goodly number that, 
grown in gardens, are no addition to them; subjects like the 
American Asters, Golden Rods, and like plants, which merely 
