26 THE WILD GARDEN. 
colonies, in cold grassy places, where many other plants 
would perish. 
The Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis) should be 
naturalised in every country seat in Britain—it is as easy to 
do so as to introduce the thistle. It may be placed quite 
under the branches of deciduous trees, will come up and 
flower when the trees are naked, will have its foliage developed 
before the leaves come on . 
the trees, and be afterwards 
hidden from sight. Thus 
masses of this earliest flower 
may be grown with- 
out the slightest - 
sacrifice of space, 
and only be noticed 
when bearing a 
bloom oneverylittle igs 
stem. That fine old 
plant, the Christmas 
Rose (Helleborus 
niger), likes partial 
The Green Hellebore in the Wild Garden. 
shade better than full exposure, and should be used abun- 
dantly, giving it rather snug and warm positions, so that its 
flowers may be encouraged to open well and fully. Any 
other kinds might also be used. Recently many kinds of 
Helleborus have been added to our gardens, not all of them 
so conspicuous at first sight as the Christmas Rose, yet they 
are of remarkable beauty of foliage and habit as well as of 
blossom, and they flower in the spring. These, too, show the 
advantage of the wild garden as regards cultivation. They 
