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and one of the many subjects at home in the wild garden, and 
which are better left out of the garden proper. The myriads 
of Crocus leaves dying off without the indignity of being tied 
into bundles as is common in gardens, the dense growth of 
Aconite and Snowdrop leaves, of coloured and common 
Primroses and Cowslips, suggest the beauty of this wild 
garden in spring. The yet unfolded buds on the many tufts 
and groups of the numerous herbaceous Pzeonies, promise 
noble effects early in June; so do the tufts of the splendid 
Eastern Poppy (Papaver orientale) and the Lilies, and Sweet 
Williams, and Adam’s Needles, and many other subjects, 
that will show their blossoms above or among the summer 
Grass in due time. Among the best of the Borageworts 
here at present, are the Caucasian Comfrey (Symphytum 
caucasicum), an admirable wood or copse plant, and red- 
purple or Bohemian Comfrey (8. bohemicum), which is very 
handsome here. And what lovely effects from the Forget- 
me-nots—the wood Forget-me-not, and the Early Forget-me- 
not (M. dissitiflora) are here! where their soft little clouds of 
blue in the Grass are much prettier than tufts of the same 
kind surrounded by the brown earth in a prim border. Here 
the pushing of the delicate Grass blades through the blue 
mass and the indefinite way in which the fringes of the tufts 
mingle with the surrounding vegetation are very beautiful. 
The only noticeable variation of surface is that of some 
gravel banks, which are properly covered with Stonecrops, 
Saxifrages, and the like, which would, as a rule, have a poor 
chance in the Grass. Surfaces that naturally support a very 
sparse and dwarf vegetation are valuable in a garden, as they 
permit of the culture of a series of free-growing alpine and 
