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heathland; save the remaining 40% of lowland
raised bogs, many of which have been damaged by
peat cutting. Every natural historian,
botanist and gardener can help by:
1. Joining PLANTLIFE and becoming part of our
crusade for plants.
2. Campaigning to save areas for wildflowers
in your town or village.
3. Leaving part of your garden for native
plants
4. Using compost instead of peat in your
garden
5. Only buying plants that have been
propagated in nurseries and avoid super—
market cyclamens, fritillaries, snowdrops,
snowflakes and dwarf irises which may have
been dug up in the wild in Turkey.
6. Learning to identify wildflowers in your
area and monitor their status.
Plantlife can help change the opinion of many
of our politicians and judges who rate plants
as second-rate species. In June 1989 Henry
Azadehdel was sentenced to a year's prison for
smuggling and dealing in endangered slipper
orchids. The court of appeal reduced it to
six weeks! In 1989 the Government decided to
reduce its grant to Kew Gardens by half,
thereby jeopardising this unique collection.
Work on building two superstores on a Berkshire
meadowland S.S.S.I, has started after the