The
WILD GARDEN
Or our Groves and Gardens made beautiful
by the Naturalisation of Hardy Exotic
Plants; being one way onwards from the
Dark Ages of Flower Gardening, with
suggestions for the Regeneration of the
Bare Borders of the London Parks.
By W. ROBINSON, F. L. S.
THIRD EDITION
Illustrated by Alfred Parsons
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
NEW YORK: SCRIBNER AND WELFORD
1883
By the same Author.
THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN: ITS STYLE
AND ARRANGEMENT. Followed by an ALPHABETICAL
DESCRIPTION of all the PLANTS BEST SUITED FOR
ITS EMBELLISHMENT, their CULTURE, and POSITION.
With numerous Illustrations. Medium 8vo. 15s.
THE PARKS AND GARDENS OF PARIS, considered
in Relation to the Wants of other Cities and of Public
and Private Gardens. Third Edition. With 350 Illustrations.
8vo. 18s.
ALPINE FLOWERS FOR ENGLISH GARDENS. How
they may be Grown in all Parts of the British Islands.
With Illustrations of Rock–gardens, Natural and Artificial. Third
Edition. With Woodcuts. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.
THE SUB–TROPICAL GARDEN; or, Beauty of Form
in the Flower Garden; with Illustrations of all the finer Plants used
for this purpose. Second Edition. With Illustrations. Small 8vo. 5s.
HARDY FLOWERS. Descriptions of upwards of 1300
of the most Ornamental Species; with Directions for their Culture,
&c. Fourth Edition. Post 8vo. 3s. 6d.
GOD’S ACRE BEAUTIFUL; or, The Cemeteries of
the Future. Third Edition. With Illustrations. 8vo. 7s. 6d.
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Illustration: Colonies of Poet’s Narcissus and Broad–leaved Saxifrage, etc.—Frontispiece.
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Columbines and Geraniums in meadow–grass.