98 THE WILD GARDEN. 
To succeed with the wild garden, one should have a good. 
collection of hardy flowers from which it can be supplied. 
Here one has been formed, consisting of about 1100 species, | 
mostly arranged in borders. From these, from time to time, 
over-vigorous and over-abundant kinds may be taken to the 
wilderness. In a large collection one frequently finds species 
most suited for full liberty in woods. The many subjects 
good in all positions, may increase in these borders till 
plentiful enough for planting out in some quantity in the 
wild garden. The wild garden here has been wholly formed 
by the owner, who planted with his own hands the various 
subjects that now adorn it ‘throughout the year. It has 
been done within four or five years, and therefore many of 
the climbers have not as yet attained full growth. 
Tew Park will long be interesting, from the fact that it 
was there J. C. Loudon practised agriculture before he began 
writing the works which were such a marked addition to the 
horticultural literature of England. The Grove there is a 
plantation of fine trees, bordering a wide sweep of grass, 
which varies in width. This grove, unlike much of the rest 
of the ground, does not vary in surface, or but very little, so 
that one of the greatest aids is absent. Originally this now 
pleasant grove was a dense wood, with Gout-weed mainly on 
the ground, and troublesome flies in the air. A few years 
ago the formation of a wild garden was determined upon, and 
the first operation was the thinning of the wood ; light and 
moving air were let into it, and weak or overcrowded trees 
removed. This, so far, was a gain, quite apart from the 
flowers that were in good time to replace the few common 
weeds that occupied the ground. Of these the unattractive 
