May 28, 1881.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| PAGE | |
| Explanatory | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Example from the Forget–me–not Family | [9] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Example from Hardy Bulbs and Tubers in Grass | [15] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Example from the Globe Flower Order | [21] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Plants chiefly fitted for the Wild Garden | [32] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Ditches and narrow shady Lanes, Copses, Hedgerows,and Thickets | [36] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Drapery for Trees and Bushes | [43] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| The common Shrubbery, Woods and Woodland Drives | [51] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| The Brook–side, Water–side, and Bog Gardens | [67] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Roses for the Wild Garden, and for Hedgerows, Fences,and Groups | [81] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| Wild Gardening on Walls or Ruins | [88] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Some Results | [92] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| A Plan for the Embellishment of the ShrubberyBorders in London Parks | [111] |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| The Principal Types of Hardy Exotic Flowering Plantsfor the Wild Garden | [120] |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| Selections of Hardy Exotic Plants for various Positions in the Wild Garden | [163] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE | |
| Colonies of Poet’s Narcissus and Broad–leaved Saxifrage, etc. | |
| [Frontispiece] | |
| Columbine and Geraniums in meadow–grass | [v] |
| Large flowered Meadow Rue in the Wild Garden, type of plantmostly excluded from the Garden | [1] |
| Night effect of large evening Primrose in the Wild Garden (Œnothera Lamarkiana) | |
| To face page [4] | |
| A “mixed border” with tile edging, the way in which thebeautiful hardy flowers of the world have been grown ingardens hitherto, when grown at all. (Sketched in a largegarden, 1878) | [5] |
| Blue flowered Composite plant; fine foliage and habit; typeof noble plants excluded from Gardens. (MulgediumPlumieri) | [6] |
| Wood Anemone | [8] |
| Caucasian Comfrey in shrubbery | [9] |
| The Cretan Borage (Borago cretica) | [12] |
| Flowers of Geneva Bugle (Ajuga genevensis), Dwarf Boragewort | [14] |
| Star of Bethlehem in Grass | [15] |
| The association of exotic and British wild flowers in the WildGarden.—The Bell–flowered Scilla, naturalised with ourown Wood Hyacinth | [16] |
| The Turk’s Cap Lily, naturalised in the grass by wood–walk | [19] |
| Crocuses in turf, in grove of Summer leafing trees | [20] |
| Group of Globe flowers (Trollius) in marshy place; type of the noblerNorthern flowers little cultivated in gardens | [21] |
| The Mountain Clematis (C. montana) | [22] |
| The White Japan Anemone in the Wild Garden | [23] |
| Anemones in the Riviera. Thrive equally well in any opensoil here, only flowering later | |
| To face page [24] | |
| The Green Hellebore in the Wild Garden | [26] |
| Tall perennial Larkspurs, naturalised in Shrubbery (1878) | [28] |
| Double Crimson Pæonies in grass | [30] |
| Eupatorium purpureum | [32] |
| The Giant Scabious (8 feet high). (Cephalaria procera) | [32] |
| Giant Cow parsnip. Type of Great Siberian herbaceous vegetation.For rough places only | [35] |
| Foliage of Dipsacus, on hedge–bank in spring | [36] |
| The large white Bindweed, type of nobler climbing plants, withannual stems. For copses, hedgerows, and shrubberies | [39] |
| The Nootka Bramble; type of free–growing flowering shrub.For copses and woods | [40] |
| The Yellow Allium (A. Moly) naturalised | [42] |
| Periploca græca (climber) | [43] |
| Large White Clematis on Yew tree at Great Tew. (C. montanagrandiflora) | [45] |
| The way the climbing plants of the world are crucified in gardens—winter effect (a faithful sketch) | [45] |
| Climbing shrub (Celastrus), isolated on the grass; way of growingwoody Climbers away from walls or other supports | [47] |
| A Liane in the North. Aristolochia and Deciduous Cypress | [48] |
| A beautiful accident.—A colony of Myrrhis odorata, establishedin shrubbery, with white Harebells here and there | [51] |
| Large White Achilleas spread into wide masses under shade oftrees in shrubbery | [53] |
| Lilies coming up through carpet of White Arabis | [56] |
| Colony of Narcissus in properly spaced shrubbery | [57] |
| The American White Wood–Lily (Trillium grandiflorum) in Wild Garden, in wood bottom in leaf–mould | |
| To face page [58] | |
| The Lily of the Valley in a copse | [63] |
| Solomon’s Seal and Herb Paris, in copse by streamlet | [67] |
| Colony of hardy exotic Flowers, naturalised by brook–side | [70] |
| Valley in Somersetshire, with Narcissi, Marsh Marigolds, andPrimroses | |
| To face page [70] | |
| Cyperus longus | [73] |
| The Cape Pond Weed in an English ditch in winter | [75] |
| Day Lily by margin of water | [76] |
| Marsh Marigold and Iris in early spring | [78] |
| The same spot as in previous sketch, with aftergrowth of Iris,Meadow Sweet, and Bindweed | [79] |
| Partridge Berry (Gaultheria) | [80] |
| Wild Rose growing on a Pollard Ash in Orchardleigh Park,Somerset | [83] |
| White Climbing Rose scrambling over old Catalpa Tree | |
| To face page [84] | |
| Climbing Rose isolated on grass | [87] |
| Arenaria balearica, in a hole in wall at Great Tew | [88] |
| Cheddar Pink, Saxifrage, and Ferns, on cottage wall at Mells | [89] |
| The Yellow Fumitory on wall (Corydalis lutea) | [91] |
| Large Japan Sedum (S. spectabile) and Autumn Crocuses in theWild Garden | [92] |
| Crane’s Bill, wild, in grass | [94] |
| Large–leafed Saxifrage in the Wild Garden | [95] |
| Tiger Lilies in Wild Garden at Great Tew | |
| To face page [98] | |
| Large–flowered Clematis | [102] |
| Sun Roses (Cistus) and other exotic hardy plants among heather,on sandy slope | |
| To face page [104] | |
| Wood and herbaceous Meadow–sweets grouped together in Mr.Hewittson’s garden | [105] |
| Woodruff and Ivy | [108] |
| Tailpiece | [110] |
| Dug and mutilated Shrubbery in St. James’s Park. Sketched inwinter of 1879 | [111] |
| Colony of the Snowdrop–Anemone in Shrubbery not dug.Anemone taking the place of weeds or bare earth | [115] |
| Colony of the Summer Snowflake, on margin of shrubbery | [119] |
| The Monkshood, naturalised by wet ditch in wood | [121] |
| The white Narcissus–like Allium, in the orchards of Provence;type of family receiving little place in gardens which maybe beautiful for a season in wild places | [123] |
| The Alpine Windflower (Anemone alpina) | [124] |
| Siberian Columbine in rocky place | [126] |
| Tall Asphodel in copse | [127] |
| The foliage of the Meadow Saffron in Spring | [132] |
| The White–flowered European Clematis (C. erecta) | [133] |
| Cyclamens in the Wild Garden; from nature | [134] |
| A South European Bindweed creeping up the stems of an Irisin an English garden | [135] |
| A Sea Holly; Eryngium | [138] |
| Groups of Funkia Sieboldi | [140] |
| A hardy Geranium | [141] |
| Snowdrops, wild, by streamlet in valley | [142] |
| Sun Rose on limestone rocks | [144] |
| White Lily in Wild Garden | [146] |
| Everlasting Pea, creeping up stem in shrubbery | [148] |
| Type of fine–leaved umbellate plants seldom grown in gardens | [149] |
| The Bee Balm, Monarda. American wood plant | [150] |
| The Great Japan Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum). (Showingthe plant in flower) | [152] |
| Phlomis. Type of handsome Labiates; admirably suited for the Wild Garden | [153] |
| The tall Ox–eye daisy (Pyrethrum serotinum) | [154] |
| The Great Reed of Southern Europe (Arundo Donax) | [155] |
| Telekia. Type of the Larger Composites, excluded from gardensproper | [159] |
| Group of Tritoma, in grass | [160] |
| A tall Mullein | [161] |
| Ophrys in grass | [163] |
| Rock steps with Omphalodes | [175] |
| Butterbur and Double Furze on margin of lake | [176] |