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WILD GARDENS AND NATURALIZING 
A Harmony in Nature 
The scene below, of placid 
water, stone bridge and verdure- 
clothed rocky banks, is an ex- 
quisite composition of natural 
beauties rarely met with. 
Poets’ Narcissus Growing Wild 
Narcissus poeticus, illustrated above, 
is one of the most beautiful of bulb- 
ous plants adapted for naturalizing. 
The bulbs should be planted by hun- 
dreds in semi-wild, rough places, bor- 
dering the lawn or in the park, in 
large, irregular colonies that simulate 
nature’s planting. Here they will 
often increase, thrive and bloom bet- 
ter than when grown under more 
artificial conditions. The flowers are 
deliciously fragrant, and pure white, 
with golden cups; it is a late-flower- 
ing variety, therefore to lengthen the 
season of bloom N. stellata, or any 
of the early-flowering section, could be 
mixed with N. poeticus. 
