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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. prunuloides,
A. lanuginosa, A. oculata, and others are growing as though their
culture was of the simplest nature. AEthionemas grow into
regular bushes, a very interesting Warley hybrid between
Armatum 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 odora, 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