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THE GARDENS OF WARLEY PLACE. 
chrysanthum, usually considered difficult of culture. In reality 
they are dioecious, and the seed is not fertile unless both forms are 
grown as here. 
Growing in chinks between the rocks are many of the Semper - 
vivums collected by Alexis Jordan as material for his projected 
monograph upon this genus. 
A striking effect in early autumn is produced by Zauschneria 
californica grown on a ledge which receives direct sunlight. 
Androsaces, such as A. chumbyi, A. sarmentosa, A. primuloides, 
A. lanuginosa, A. oculala , and others are growing as though their 
culture was of the simplest nature. AEthionemas grow into 
regular bushes, a very interesting Warley hybrid between 
Armenum and jucunda retains the best characters of both parents, 
and forms in a very beautiful and distinct plant. In a sunny spot 
Daphne alpina thrives, and the tender Daphne odor a, the delicious 
perfume from which justifies its name. Daphne striata from 
Lautaret and D. rupestris from the Tyrol, D. arbuscula from 
Hungary, and possibly the most beautiful of all, that joy of old 
cottage gardens, the Mezerium, with its earliest of early blossoms, 
succeeded by the brilliant scarlet berries. Interesting, though 
not so beautiful, is a form with deep purple flowers and dark 
leaves, and one producing white flowers. 
Many of the rocks are clothed with different kinds of Dianthus ; 
some of them are well marked species, but a very careful study 
of William’s monograph of the genus would be necessary to 
name all the forms of this important group. Some, such as the 
D. subacaulis, which lengthens its stems in cultivation, are apt to 
forego their principal characteristics when placed in gardens. 
There is the Cheddar-pink, D. gallicus, and that little gem 
D. microlepis from Transsylvania, while D. plumosus from the 
Pyrennees, D. olympicus from Bythynia, D. glacialis from the Alps 
are amongst the one hundred and twenty-four species and sub¬ 
species of the genus grown at Warley. 
The Cisti and the Helianthemums are as gay and pleasing as 
anything in these gardens. Every shade and colour of the 
latter may be seen enlivening the rocks and sunny ledges, 
Helianthemum salicifolium from Aignues Mortis, H. obscurum 
from Fontainbleau, fumanum and pulverulentum from the 
Pyrenees, tuberaria from Frigus, and guttatum from Holyhead. 
Some truly grand bushes of the Cistus continue to 
