20 THE WILD GARDEN. 
enjoyed such as has hitherto only gladdened the heart of the 
rare wanderer on the high mountain lawns and copses, in 
May when the earth children laugh in multitudes on their 
mother’s breast. 
All planting in the grass should be in natural groups or 
prettily fringed colonies, growing to and fro as they like after 
planting. Lessons in this grouping are to be had in woods, 
copses, heaths, and meadows, by those who look about them 
as they go. At first many will find it difficult to get out of 
formal masses, but that may be got over by studying natural 
groupings of wild flowers. Once established, the plants soon 
begin to group themselves in a way that leaves nothing to 
desire. 
Crocuses in turf, in grove of Summer leafing trees.~ 
