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shrubbery, far in among the shrubs and tall trees. Here they grew in 
certain half-open little spaces, which were so far removed from the 
margin that they were not dug and were not seen. When I saw the 
Larkspurs in flower they were certainly the loveliest things that one 
could see. They were more beautiful than they are in borders or beds, 
not growing in such close stiff tufts, and mingling with and relieved 
by the trees above and the shrubs around. Little more need be said 
to any one who knows and cares about such plants, and has an oppor- 
tunity of planting in such neglected places. This case points out 
pretty clearly that one might make wild gardens from the mere parings 
and thinnings of the beds and borders in autumn, in any place where 
there is a collection of good hardy plants. The ctit on p. 28 does 
scant justice to the scene, which, perhaps, it is not in the power of 
wood engraving to illustrate. 
Pink, Dianthus—A numerous race of beautiful dwarf mountain 
plants, with flowers mostly of various shades of rose, sometimes sport- 
ing into other colours in cultivation, The finer mountain kinds would 
be likely to thrive only on bare stony or rocky ground, and amidst 
very dwarf vegetation. The bright D. neglectus would thrive in any 
ordinary soil. Some of the kinds in the way of our own D. cesius 
grow well on old walls and ruins, as do the single carnations and 
pinks ; indeed, it is probable that many kinds of pink would thrive 
on ruins and old walls better far than on the ground. 
Foxglove, Digitalis—It need not be said here that our own 
stately Foxglove should be encouraged in the wild garden, particularly 
in districts where it does not naturally grow wild ; I allude to it here 
to point out that there are a number of exotic species for which a 
place might be found in the wild garden—some of them are not very 
satisfactory otherwise. The most showy hardy flowers of midsummer 
are the Foxglove and the French willow (Epilobium angustifolium), 
and in wild or rough places in shrubberies, etc., their effect is beautiful. 
In such half shady places the Foxglove thrives best ; and, as the French 
willow is much too rampant a plant for the garden proper, the proper 
place for it too is in the wild garden. It is a most showy plant, and 
masses of it may be seen great distances off. The delicately and 
curiously spotted varieties of the Foxglove should be sown as well 
as the ordinary wild form. 
Hemp Agrimony, Eupatoriwm.—Vigorous perennials, with 
white or purple fringed flowers. Some of the American kinds might 
well be associated with our own wild one—the white kinds, like 
