110 THE WILD GARDEN. 
Weeds, broad-leaved Sea Lavender, and other vigorous kinds, the Globe 
Thistles, Acanthuses, the free-flowering Yuccas, such as Y. flaccida and 
Y. filamentosa, the common Artichoke, with its noble flowers ; and in 
autumn, a host of the Golden Rods and Michaelmas Daisies. These 
are so common in America that adding them to the wild garden would 
probably be considered a needless labour ; but the substitution of the 
various really beautiful species of aster for those commonly found and 
of inferior beauty would well repay. In case it were thought desir- 
able in making a wild garden in a shady position to grow plants that 
do not attain perfection in such positions, they might be grown in the 
more open parts at hand, and sufficiently near to be seen in the picture. 
