THE GARDENS OF WARLEY PLACE. 55
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 Ile St.
Honorat. C. laurifolius and C. cupanianus and florentinus are
those most commonly grown in gardens.
The Onosmas are especially good at Warley, 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 lutea, sending up many tall 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 fine Ever-
green Oak and his giant Sweet Chestnuts, and descending a steep
slope, we come to the old fish-ponds, which are still inhabited