94 THE WILD GARDEN. 
In the wild garden the fairest of our own wild flowers 
may be happily associated with their relatives from other 
countries. Here the sturdy Bell-flowered Scilla (S. cam- 
panulata) grows wild with our own Bluebell (S. nutans); the 
white and pink forms also of the last-named look beautiful 
here associated with the common well-known form. The 
earlier Scillas are of course past; they are admirably suited 
for the wild garden, especially S. bifolia, which thrives freely 
in woods. The Lily of the Valley did not inhabit the wood 
before; therefore it 
was pleasant to thin 
out some of its over- 
_ matted tuftsand carry 
* them to the wild 
garden, where they 
are now in fullest 
i rd heauty. It is associated with its tall and 
NY stately relation the Solomon’s Seal. The 
Solomon’s Seal, which is usually effective 
when issuing forth from fringes of shrubberies, 
is here best arching high over the Woodruff 
and other sweet woodland flowers, among 
which it seems a giant, with every leaf, and stem, and blossom 
lines of beauty. The additional vigour and beauty shown by 
this plant when in rich soil well repays one for selecting suitable 
spotsfor it. The greater Celandine (Chelidonium majus) and its 
double form are very pretty here with their tufts of golden 
flowers ; they grow freely and take all needful care of them- 
selves. The same may be said of the Honesty, the common 
forms of Columbine, and Allium Moly, an old-fashioned plant, 
