January 4, 1913. 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
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hills up to 1,000 feet, others from 2,000— 
3,000 teet, 3,000—4,000 feet, and so on. 
The emphasis which these facts deserve 
will be b^t brought home to those vyho 
desire to work on right lines in establi^i- 
ing parks, plantations, shrubberies, alpine 
gardens, and especially landscape gardens, 
by a few examples of wild plants and their 
habitats in this country, according to alti¬ 
tude. For acclimatise plants grown in 
this country will follow more or less closely 
the requirements of allied indigenous spe¬ 
cies in course of time, and the best results 
will acrue in such cases by a study of the alti¬ 
tudes at which British species are found to 
flourish best under normal and proper con¬ 
ditions. 
Commencing with the lowest levels we 
have the plants that grow aiong the sea 
coast, or on alluvium of rivers flowing into 
the.sea. Of these a few are yellow-horned 
poppy, scurvy grass, sea-kale, sea holly, 
samphire, absynth, sea lavender, thrift, sea 
milkwort, sea purslane, saltwort, golden 
dock, asparagus, tyme grass, growing up 
to a height of 25 feet above sea-level, and 
on alluvium at the same level crocus and 
small-reed. Many of these wild plants are 
quite worthy of a place in garden, shrub¬ 
bery, or plantation, and with the object 
of furthering this principle we have selected 
those wild species which are especially 
suited for this purpose. 
At altitudes ranging up to 50 feet grow 
wallflower, sea campion, stork^s bill, rest 
harrow, water violet, yellow wort, henbane, 
arrowhead, flowering rush, marram grass, 
chiefly maritime or alluvial plants. It is 
needless to say that water plants are 
equally affected by altitude as land plants. 
The white and yellow water-lilies, white 
campion, corn cockle, mare’s tail, corn¬ 
flower, chicory, toadflax, Star of Bethle¬ 
hem, and the reed grow at heights varying 
from sea-level to 100 feet. All of these are 
fit for cultivation. Creeping loosestaife, 
frogbit, sweet flag, all choice flowers, range 
higher up to 150 feet; and hellebore grows 
between 100 and 150 feet. The soap wort, 
needle furze, chamomile, yellow loosestrife 
(often seen in the garden), belladonna, ver¬ 
vain. and reed-mace may be grown up to 
200 feet, and the bird’s nest orchid grows 
between 100 and 200 feet. 
Melilot (with its scent of new-mown hay 
when dried), elecampane (a handsome yel¬ 
low composite), yellow Archangel (a wood¬ 
land plant), grow up to 250 feet, though 
the last may range higher. 
The barberry ranges up to 300 feet, as do 
the sweet violet, touch-me-not, dropwort 
(often cultivated), livelong (a saxifrage), 
sawwort, comfrey, the common elm, and 
the bulrush. Elms are often planted higher, 
but do best at low levels, a point worth 
knowing. Green hellebore and spurge 
laurel, often planted, may be grown be¬ 
tween 50 feet and 300 feet. 
A. R. Horwood. 
Leicester Museum. 
(To be continued.) 
SINGLE CHRYSANTHEMUMS: 
THEIR USE AND ABUSE* 
During the past few yeai-s, probably eight 
or ten, single chrysanthemums have been 
rapidly making their way to the forefront 
for decorative purposes during the autumn 
and winter months. That they have many 
admirers (myself included) is very evident. 
loses its straightness of petal its beauty 
is entirely lost, even if only two or three 
petals are displaced it looks more or less 
ragged in appearance. If the petals happen 
to be naturally a little out of the horizon¬ 
tal and slope or grow upwards ever so 
SINGLE CHRYSANTHEMUM MBS, LQQ THOMPSON. 
A beautiful yellow sport from Mensa, introduced by Mr. Norman Davis. 
Ca.la.di urns. —^Where an early batch of 
these beautiful foliage plants is required, a 
number may be select^ from the earliest 
ripened tubers, shaken from the old soil, 
and nlaced an inch or two apart in pans con¬ 
taining a mixture of leaf-mould and sand in 
equal parts. Place in a light position at the 
warm end of the stove, and spray occasion¬ 
ally when the weather is fine. In a short 
time they will emit new roots and stout 
growths. They may then be potted accord¬ 
ing to the size of tuber, using a compost 
of loam, leaf-mould, and peat, with suffi¬ 
cient sand to keep it open. Avoid over¬ 
watering, but at the same time care must be 
taken that they do not remain dry, or failure 
is bound to ensue.— H. Prime, Hatfield 
House Gardens. 
if only from the fact of the many new 
varieties that are introduced each season. 
Characteristics. 
There are individuals who would have us 
believe that every other class of chrysanthe¬ 
mum is doomed, and that at no very dis¬ 
tant date; but I lam of the opinion that 
the single chrysanthemum is now at the 
zenith ^ its popularity. We have varie¬ 
ties that it seems almost impossible to 
supersede either in size, colour, or form, 
and when you have a variety, in any parti¬ 
cular colour, well-nigh perfect in form, 
there is not much more that can be ex¬ 
pected. Directly a single chrysanthemum 
little, one cannot by any stretch of ima¬ 
gination call them beautiful. 1 might 
perhaps modify this remark a little in 
favour of that old favourite Purity, which 
incurves just a little at the point of each 
petal, and has a very pleasing and distinc¬ 
tive appearance. On the other hand, if 
the petals recurve or hang down a little, 
unless one knows the variety, they are 
apt to convey the impression that the 
blooms are flagging. 
Some take an exception to the single 
varieties that have a large striking disk. 
Certainly, in a few instances where the 
disk of the flower is very large and comes 
distorted it may he objectionable, but. 
