. The wild garden; or, Our groves and gardens made beautiful by the naturalisation of hardy exotic plants ... Gardening; Flowers; Wild flowers. EXPLANATORY". thrive much better in rough and wild places than ever they did in the old-fashioned border. Even comparatively small ones, like the ivy-leaved Cyclamen, a beautiful plant that we rarely find in perfection in gardens, I have seen perfectly naturalised and spread all over the mossy surface of a thin wood. Secondly, because they will look infinitely better than ever they did in gardens, in consequence of fine-leaved plant, fern, ami lio
. The wild garden; or, Our groves and gardens made beautiful by the naturalisation of hardy exotic plants ... Gardening; Flowers; Wild flowers. EXPLANATORY". thrive much better in rough and wild places than ever they did in the old-fashioned border. Even comparatively small ones, like the ivy-leaved Cyclamen, a beautiful plant that we rarely find in perfection in gardens, I have seen perfectly naturalised and spread all over the mossy surface of a thin wood. Secondly, because they will look infinitely better than ever they did in gardens, in consequence of fine-leaved plant, fern, ami lio\\xn\ and climber, grass and trailing shrub, relieving each other in ways innumerable and delightful. Any one of a thousand combinations will prove as far superior to any aspect of the old mixed border, or the ordinary type of modern flower-sar- . ^^ , ,. u â , j â .i â ^â ^,,^. ° A mixed border with tile edging, the way in which the den, as is a lovely beautiful hardy flowers of the wdrld W been grown in â¢^ gardens hitherto, when grown at all. (itketcned zn a mountain valley to inrgegarde,,, ^i^z.) a piece of the " black ; Thirdly, because, arranged as I propose, no disagreeable effects result from decay. The raggedness of the old mixed border after the first flush of spring and early summer bloom had passed was intolerable, bundles of decayed stems tied to sticks, making the place look like the parade-ground of a number of crossing - sweepers. When Lilies are sparsely. 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; New York, Scribner and Welford
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