. The wild garden, or the naturalization and natural grouping of hardy exotic plants with a chapter on the garden of British wild flowers. Gardens; Wild flowers. CHAPTER VI. DITCHES, SHADY LANES, COPSES, AND HEDGEROWS. Men seek sunny spots for their , .^ gardens, so that they would scarcely per- haps care for these for a garden! Yet there are ditches, and shady nooks in every dis- trict, that maybe made more beautiful than many a 'flower-gar- den.' But what would grow in them ? Many of the beautiful wood plants of the north— things that do not care for sunny hillsides or meadows, but take shel


. The wild garden, or the naturalization and natural grouping of hardy exotic plants with a chapter on the garden of British wild flowers. Gardens; Wild flowers. CHAPTER VI. DITCHES, SHADY LANES, COPSES, AND HEDGEROWS. Men seek sunny spots for their , .^ gardens, so that they would scarcely per- haps care for these for a garden! Yet there are ditches, and shady nooks in every dis- trict, that maybe made more beautiful than many a 'flower-gar- den.' But what would grow in them ? Many of the beautiful wood plants of the north— things that do not care for sunny hillsides or meadows, but take sheltgrinwoods, or are happy deep between rocks, or in caves beneath the great boulders on many a mountain gorge, and garland the flanks of rock that guard the rivers on their way through the hills. And as these dark walls, ruined. Foliage of TEAZLE, on hedge-bank in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935. London, J. Murray


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