THE GARDENS OF WARLEY PLACE. 
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describe. Libocedrus microlepis, usually so tender, passed safely 
through the hard winter of 1906 ; Juniper us oxycedrus also. 
Cytisus pilosus from the shores of the Mediterranean is growing 
near C. spinosus, and not far off is Colletia spinosa, with its 
formidable prickles, Eugenia ugni, which flowers and fruits, and 
the rare E. apiculata. 
Ceanothus rigidus, which is rarely seen in the Eastern Counties, 
and a large bush of Andromeda japonica, scarcely twelve inches 
above the water-line, flowers more freely than in many a milder 
climate. Azara microphylla grows twenty feet high, and in 
spring perfumes the air with its vanilla-like scent. 
Amongst the Alpine life on the sunny slopes, between large 
boulders of rocks, are to be found clumps of Saxifrages, such 
also the encrusted species of this genus. Masses of Campanulas, 
such as C. portenschlagiana, C. garganica, and C. hirsuta, with 
the more delicate C. raineri, zoysii, cenisia, and C. warley. A 
large collection of Achilleas, noteworthy amongst them being 
A. serbica, kellereri, griesbacki, huteri, and holocericia. Litho- 
spermums, such as L. prostratum, petrceum, intermedium, rosmarini- 
folium, with the shy Pyrenean L. gastoni. That charming little 
dwarf. Spiraea decumbens, not often to be met with, here makes 
a clump some two feet across. 
Acantholimon, Daphnes, and the small varieties of Cytisus 
grow over boulders, whilst Armeria ccespitosa is one of the plants 
which thrive unusually well here. A plant of Genista horrida, 
three feet in diameter, looks as comfortable as in its native home 
at Couzon (Rhone). 
Here, too, in fitting season grow Drabas, Alpine Phlox, and 
Aubretias in well-established masses, and the beautiful Oxalis 
enneaphylla from the Falkland Islands, which blossoms freely 
and increases, and is apparently thoroughly at home in every 
way, excepting in its failure to keep to its regular number of 
leaflets, which are as often as not too few or too many. 
Oxalis lobata is rarely seen in gardens, being a Chilian plant 
which would scarcely be considered sufficiently hardy, but at 
Warley it has accommodated itself perfectly to the climate, and 
bears bright yellow flowers, large in proportion to the length of 
its stems. Here are Origanum pulchrum, 0 . tournefortii from 
Greece, and 0 . dictamnus from Crete. There are about thirty 
different species of Erodium, some of them, such as E 
