THE GARDENS OF WARLEY PLACE. 
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flower for so long a period that one is surprised that these plants 
do not suffer from overflowering, but nature makes its provisions 
to meet the needs of these very floriferous plants, and they do 
not appear to suffer. 
The true C. purpureus is, perhaps, the most beautiful of all 
Cisti. This, like many of those figured and described by Sweet, 
is rarely seen. C. ladaniferus is offered in every catalogue, but 
it can seldom be supplied. C. monspeliensis from the lie St. 
Honorat. C. laurifolius and C. cupanianus and florentinus are 
those most commonly grown in gardens. 
The Onosmas are especially good at War ley, the rare 0 . albo- 
roseum and echioides grow as freely as 0 . tauricum. 
In shady cool places facing north and west most of the plants 
which need such situations are to be found. Ramondias, Haberleas, 
the mossy Saxifrages, Ferns, Trilliums, the Japanese Tanakea 
radicans, the Canadian Bloodroot ( Sanguinaria canadensis), and 
the beautiful Ourisia coccinea, with its bright red flowers, and 
0 . macrophylla, with white flower spikes. There is a colony of 
lovely little Gentiana bavarica in a moist but well drained corner. 
Gentiana acaulis and its variety from Chambery, gagnipanii, the 
giant flower G. excisa from the Tyrol, while near by are colonies 
of the fine Gentiana lulea, sending up many tali yellow flower 
spikes. This is such a fine plant that it should be more often 
grown in gardens. The new Chinese Primulas have already 
made themselves at home, P. sinensis, littoniana, bulleyana, 
beesiana, veitchii, gagnipaini , and a very beautiful hybrid between 
cockburniana and pulverulenta. 
Peeping out of ferns and low bushes of Empetrum nigrum and 
scoticum, and the fragrant Myrica asplenifolia, are many varieties 
of Dog-Tooth Violets, the beautiful pink Erythronium johnsonii, 
the yellow E. nuttalianum, the creamy white E. americanum, the 
mauve E. hendersoni, besides many others. Osmunda regalis 
is the “ Royal Fern ” indeed in this garden. It sends up 
fronds fully six feet in height. But we must leave the Alpine 
garden, though we feel that we have passed by interesting plants ; 
to do justice to this ideal spot we should need an entire part of the 
Naturalist. 
Turning eastward on to the grass under Evelyn’s line Ever¬ 
green Oak and his giant Sweet Chestnuts, and descending a steep 
slope, we come to the old fish-ponds, which are still inhabited 
