EXAMPLE FROM GLOBE FLOWER ORDER. 29 
the beds and borders in autumn in any place where there is 
a collection of good hardy plants. 
The engraving on the next page represents one of the most 
beautiful effects obtained in his wild garden by an acquaintance 
of mine who began when he knew very little of plants and 
their favoured haunts, and succeeded well in a not very 
favourable site. Herbaceous Peonies were amongst those 
that succeeded best. The effect was very beautiful, either 
close at hand or seen at a considerable distance off. Herb- 
aceous Ponies are amongst the most free, vigorous, and hardy 
of perennial plants, and with them alone most novel and 
beautiful effects may be carried out in most places where there 
is room. Even in comparatively small gardens, a group or 
two outside the margin of a shrubbery would be desirable. 
The effect of the blooms amongst the long grass of the wild 
garden is finer than any they present in borders, and when 
out of flower they do not seem to be in the way, as they often 
are thought to be when in borders and beds. It is almost 
needless to speak here of the great variety of forms now 
obtainable amongst these herbaceous Peeonies, many of which 
are agreeably scented. The older forms were not remarkable 
in that respect, but rather the contrary. In addition to the 
splendour of colour for which Peonies are long and well 
known, there are now many delicately-coloured and tinted 
varieties. The whole race is undeservedly neglected. People 
spend plenty of money on greenhouses which will never pro- 
duce anything so handsome as a well-grown group of herba- 
ceous Ponies in the open garden; yet when they are grown 
they are often begrudged a few feet of good soil, though that 
is all they would require for years at a time. My friend’s 
