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Gout-weed was the most abundant, and the first thing to do 
was to dig it up. It was found that by deeply digging the 
ground, and sowing the wood Forget-me-not in its place, this 
weed disappeared. Who would not exchange foul weeds for 
Lilies of the Valley and Wood Forget-me-nots! The effect of 
broad sheets of this Wood Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica) 
beyond, and seen above the long waving Grass gradually 
receding under the trees, was very beautiful; now (June) its 
beauty is not so marked as earlier, when the colour was fuller, 
from the plants being more compact; but one charm of the’ 
wild garden is that the very changes of plants from what may 
be thought their most perfect state, may be in itself the 
source of a new pleasure instead of a warning, such as so 
often occurs in the garden, that we must cut them down or 
replace them. 
Not to mow is almost a necessity in the wild garden: 
considering that there is frequently in large gardens much 
more mown surface than is necessary, many will not regret 
this need. Here the Grass is designedly left unmown in 
many places, and thereby much labour is saved. Of course 
it may be cut when ripe, and most of the spring flowers have 
past and their leaves are out of danger; even in parts where 
no flowers are planted the Grass is left till long enough to cut 
as meadow. Except where actually required as a carpet, Grass 
may often be allowed to grow even in the pleasure ground ; 
quite as good an effect is afforded by the unmown as the mown 
Grass— indeed, better when the long Grass is full of flowers. 
Three-fourths of the most lovely flowers of cold and temperate 
regions are companions of the Grass—like Grasses in hardi- 
ness, like Grasses in summer life and winter rest, like them 
