LABIATE 195
-clayey, stony, and sunny soil, at an elevation of about 1200 to 3700 ft.
At lower- altitudes lavender languishes, yields an oil less rich in ester,
and has moreover a tendency to bastardise and finally to degenerate
into spike, whilst at increasing altitudes the ester-content of the oil,
and with it its value, increases.
By suitable cultivation at the proper elevation, both the growth of