THE WILD GARDEN

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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