. The wild garden; or, Our groves and gardens made beautiful by the naturalisation of hardy exotic plants ... Gardening; Flowers; Wild flowers. 138 THE WILD OAEDEN. aromaticuin and ageratoidee, being very beautiful and distinct, and well wortby of a place in the best parts of the wild garden. Sea Holly, Eryngium.—Very distinct and noble-looking per- ennials, with, ornamental and usually spiny leaves, and flowers in heads, sometimes siirrounded by a bluish involucrum, and supported on stems of a fine amethystine blue. They would be very attractive on margins of shrubberies and near wood-walks,
. The wild garden; or, Our groves and gardens made beautiful by the naturalisation of hardy exotic plants ... Gardening; Flowers; Wild flowers. 138 THE WILD OAEDEN. aromaticuin and ageratoidee, being very beautiful and distinct, and well wortby of a place in the best parts of the wild garden. Sea Holly, Eryngium.—Very distinct and noble-looking per- ennials, with, ornamental and usually spiny leaves, and flowers in heads, sometimes siirrounded by a bluish involucrum, and supported on stems of a fine amethystine blue. They would be very attractive on margins of shrubberies and near wood-walks, thrive in ordinary free soil, and will take care of themselves among tall grasses and all but the most vigorous Heath, Erica, Menziesia.—Our own heathy jalaces are pretty rich in this type, but the brilliant Erica carnea is so distinct and attractive that it well deserves naturalisation among them. The beautiful St. Daboec's heath (Menziesia polifolia) deserves a trial in the same way, as, though found in the west of Ireland, it is to the majority of English gardens an exotic plant. It will grow almost anywhere in peaty soil. Barren-wort, Epimedium.—Inter- esting and very distinct, but compara- tively little known perennials, with pretty and usually delicately tinted flowers, and singular and ornamental foliage. They ai^e most suitable for peaty or free moist soils, in sheltered positions, among low shrubs on rocky banks, etc., and near the eye. The variety called E. pinnatum elegans, when in deep peat soil, forms tufts of leaves nearly a yard high, and in spring is adorned with long racemes of pleasing yellow flowers, so that it is well worthy of naturalisation where the soil is suitable. Globe Thistle, EcMnops.—Large and distinct perennials of fine port, from 3 feet to 6 feet high, with spiny leaves and numerous flowers in spherical heads. These will thrive well in almost any position, and hold their ground amid the coarsest vegetation. Being of a " type
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