58 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, Ncrtinei, Coronilla glauca,
Azara integrifolia variegata, 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 unedo), 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 coerulia,
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