SOME TALK ABOUT WILD GARDENS. 6l 



LISTS OF PLANTS SUITED FOR THE WILD GARDEN. 



Note. — I have wholly omitted from the lists the great number of 

 choice things needing much care, attention, or culture, however beautiful ; 

 and have included but a selection of the rest. 



I. — Some Conifers and Large-habited Evergreen Trees and 

 Shrubs specially Suitable for Inclusion. 



(a) Conifers. 



None are wholly and always unsuitable, but the following seem to me 

 the more generally useful : 



Austrian Pine I 

 Junipers, of many sorts ; indeed, all the 

 species, excepting the more formal- 

 habited (which are more suited for the 

 formal garden) 

 Larch ■ 

 Scotch Fir j 

 Spruce, of many sorts i 



(b) Other Evergreen 



Bamboos, selected sorts, the larger- j 

 habited only I 



Box, in all its species and varieties 



Brooms of sorts, including especially ' 

 Genista Andremia, G. pnvcox, G. alba, 

 and the Spanish Broom {S^artkim ^ 

 junceum) i 



English Yew 



Evergreen Oaks 



Gorse of sorts, especially the double- 

 flowered form, and TJlex nana autumn- 

 alis (dwarf autumn flowered), also 

 U. hispanica 

 Hollies, in all their species and varieties 

 Rhododendrons, all the hardy species if 

 soil not unsuitable 



Cupressus macrocarpa 

 Picea Pinsapo 



„ pungens glauca 

 Pinus Cembra 



,, insignis 



„ macrocarpa (in mild localities) 

 „ montana 



Trees and Shrubs. 



Yews, all species and varieties 

 Cotoneasters, of many sorts, but especially 



C. horizontalis, C. WJieeleri, and C. 



Simonsi 



Berberis, in great variety, especially B. 

 vulgaris, B. purpurea, B. Thunbergi, 

 B. Darwinii, and B. stenophylla 



New Zealand shrubby Veronicas (the 

 larger habited), especially V. Traversii, 

 V. buxifolia, V. Colensoi, V. C. 

 glauca, and others 



Choisya ternata 



Diplopappus chysopUyllus 



Garrya elliptica, and 



G. Thuretti 



II. — Deciduous Trees and Large Shrubs commonly Suitable. 



These should generally be confin 

 species, as distinct from those forest 



Cut-leaved Alder 



Apple, Chinese flowering {Mains flori- 

 6w?ic?o), audits many varieties; Siberian 

 Crab, and all other fine flowering 

 Apples, whether as standard trees or 

 as dwarf bushes 



Beech, of sorts ; to be generally removed 

 as they age 



Cherries, of sorts ; both for spring bloom 

 and autumn tint of foliage ; include 

 Japanese flowering sorts 



Maple 



Sea Buckthorn 



Rhus Cutinus, of sorts, and other species 



3d to the smaller, or slow-growing, 

 trees which are of large habit. 



1 Euonymus europcEus monstrosus 

 Halesia tetraptera 

 Hedysarum multijiigum 

 Mespilns canadensis 



Prunns Pissardi, and flowering Peaches 

 and Plums generally ; many varieties, 

 ] single and double 

 Pyrjis {Cijdonia) japonica, in great va- 

 riety 



Philadelphus, of sorts 

 I Syringas, of sorts 

 I Weigelas, of sorts 



liJms glnbcr laciniatus 



