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THE GARDENS OF WARLEY PLACE. 
the winter here, if given slight protection from rain. Aphyl- 
lanthes monspeliensis from the Croir Haute, and Erysimum 
montosicolum, and Fritillaria delphinensis from Gap, Stachys 
glutinosa and hermanii from Corsica, Camphorosma monspeliacum 
and Anthyllis marsiliensis from Marseilles. Acanthosonchus 
cervicornus and many other plants rarely seen in cultivation in 
England in the open air are found in this spot. 
Many tender plants grow against the adjoining wall, such as 
Aristolochia sempervirens, Correa alba, Nertinei, Coronilla glauca, 
Azara integrifoliavariegata, Pentstemon cordifolius, Nierembergia 
frutescens, Corokia buddleioides, Lardizabala biternata, Escal- 
lonia montevidensis, and others. Near by, a good old specimen 
of Quercus acuta with persistent foliage resembling that of 
Portugal Laurel, and a very good large flowered form of Plagi- 
anthus lyalli. Illicium religiosum, with its lovely orange-blossom¬ 
like flowers, is looking as happy as if growing in the West of 
England. 
Noticeable amongst plants growing in these gardens, which 
are unique in Eastern England, are a sweet bay tree (Laurus 
nobilis) forty feet high, a Ceanothus coerulea, thirty feet high, 
and a Strawberry-Tree (Arbutus uncdo), about twenty feet high, 
dimensions which would attract attention in the warmest corner 
of the south-west of Great Britain, or even in the south of 
Europe. 
Many rare peat loving plants flourish in this garden, and the 
diminutive Rhododendron kamschaticum, R. lapponicanum, R. 
racemosum, R. intricatum, R. linarifolium, Broughtoni aureum, 
B. multiflorum, and others succeed each other in flowering from 
January until midsummer There are also growing species of 
Rhododendrons recently collected by E. N. Wilson during his 
expedition in China in search of new plants. 
Besides Rhododendrons there are representations of many other 
genera, such as Gaylussacca resinosa, Cassandra calyculata, 
Epigaea repens, Linnea borealis, Dinanthe bifida and ccerulia, 
Ilex cornuta, Plagianthus lyalli. 
In spring the Crown-Imperials attract much attention, for it 
is rare to find a clump which is not flowering. The fine cream 
coloured F. askhabadensis blossoms early and defies the frosts and 
storms alike. 
Although the old orchard-garden still contains some veteran 
