Heather Gardens A garden habit that seems to be spreading
is the one-subject garden, especially, I think, the heath garden. Two of the latest of my acquaintance are in the form, one of a bank, the other of a pit or scoop. The hollow has this advantage, that it favours the lilies which like nothing so much as a low heath that keeps the bulb cool but allows the plant its place in the sun. The advantage of the bank is the use of stones which are them- selves an attraction. Many people shrink from the heath garden because of the alleged difficulty of persuading the plants to flourish. The heaths are a family that, in general, belong to the class of lime-haters, like azaleas and rhododen, drons ; and it is both costly and artificial to import an alien soil of peat. Happily there are certain species which do not retain the family objection to lime and chalk ; and if they were better known there would perhaps be more heath gardens. Three of these are Carnea, Mediterranea and Strieta.
W. BEACH TI10.11Ag.
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