100 THE WILD GARDEN. 
even in stature. Whatever plants may seem best to associate 
with in gardens, an immense number—more than two 
thousand species of those now cultivated—would thrive to 
perfection among our meadow Grasses, as they do on the 
Grassy breast of the mountain in many lands. Some, like 
the tall Irises or Columbines, will show their heads clear 
above the delicate bloom of the Grass; others, like the 
Cerastiums, will open their cups below it, in this way 
multiplying the variety of effects that may be obtained. 
The varieties of Columbine in the Grass were perhaps the 
prettiest flowers at the time of my visit. The white, purplish, 
and delicately-variegated forms of this charming old plant, 
just seen above the tops of the long Grass, growing singly, 
in little groups, or in spreading colonies, were sufficient in 
themselves to form a wild garden for June. Established 
among the Grass, they will henceforward, like it, take care of 
themselves. The rosy, heart-shaped blooms of the Dielytra 
spectabilis are recognised at some distance through the Grass, 
and, so grown, furnish a bright and peculiarly pretty effect. 
Tree Peeonies succeed admirably, and their great heads of 
flower quite light up this charming wilderness, Plants of the 
Goat’s Beard Spireea (S. Aruncus) are very stately and grace- 
ful, even now, before their flowering, being quite 6 ft. high. 
In a few weeks, when the numerous flowers are open, they 
will present quite another aspect. In the wild garden, apart 
from the naturalisation of free-growing exotics, the establish- 
ment of rare British flowers is one of the most interesting 
occupations ; and here, under a Pine tree, the modest, trail- 
ing Linnea borealis of the northern Fir-woods is beginning 
to spread. The Foxglove was not originally found in the 
