a. Iberis (Sempervirens) frutefccns foliis linearibus acu- 



■ tis integerriiTiis. Lin. Hort. Cliff. 330. Shrubby Set- 



atica Crefs with narrow-pointed whole leaves, commonly 



called Perennial Candy Tuft. Thlafpl montanum, fern- 



pervirehs. C. B. P. io5. Evergreen Mountain Candy 



3. Iberis [Uinhellata) herbacca foliis lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis,- inferioribus ferratis, fuperioribus integerrimis. 

 Lin. Hon:. Cliff. 330. Herbaceous Sciatica Crefs with 

 fpearjhaped pointed leaves^ the under ones being fawed, 

 tut the upper entire^ commonly called Candy 'Tuft, Thlaf- 

 pi Creticum quibufdam, flore rubente & albo. J. B. 

 a. 924. True Cretan Treacle Muftard with a rid and 



white fower, 



4. Iberis {Odorata) foliis linearibus Tuperne dilatatis 

 ferratis. Flor. Leyd. 330. Seiatica Crefs with narrow 

 leaves, dilated at their top^ and f awed. Thlafpi umbel- 

 latUnV Creticum, flore albo odoro, minus. C. B. P. 



'ic6, 



white fweet fl^ 



Muflard of 



5. Iberis {Nudicaulis) herbacca foliis finuatis, caule 

 nudo fimplici. Lin. Hort. Cliff. 328, Sciatica Crefs 

 with finuated leaves^ and aftngle naked ftalk. Naftur- 

 tium petra^um. Tab. Ic. 451. Rock Crefs. 



6. Iberis (Jmara) herbacca foliis lanceolatis acutis fub- 

 dentatis, fioribus racemofis. Lin. Hort. Upfal. 184. 



^^ft 



Crefs with acute, fpear-fh 



Mufl, 



m. J. 



'difolia 



- 



:^//j 



■ Thlafpi Alpinum, folio rotundiore carnofo, flore pur- 



flefhy leaf, aud a purplifh fli 



Muftard 



8. Iberis {Linifolia) frutefccns, fohis linearibus acutis, 



cofymbis hemifphiasricis.' Shruily Sciatica Crefs with 



ftarrokb if ute leaves^ and hemifpherical bunches of flowers. 



Thlafpi Lufitanicum umbellatum, gramineo folio, 



' purpurafcente flore. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 213. Portu- 



. ?^, umhellafe^y Treacle Muftard, with a Grafs leaf and a 



. purphfh flower. . - -;' ' *'"': v^ ;; ;'' : ^ ^ ^ - 



■ The firft^ fort here ment}oned is^a 

 wliich feld^om fifes^aSDve^a foot and a half high, hav- 



, ihg many lle'nder' brahcKes, which fpread on every 



; fide,'arid fall towafd the ground if they are notfup- 

 ported. \hefe branches are well furniflicd with leaves 

 toward thelr'extremrty,' which continue green all the 

 yeafV ahdih ftimrncr the flowers' are produced at the 

 end of the flioots, which are white, and grow in an 

 umbel. Thcfe flowers continue long in beauty, and 

 are fucceeded by otfiers, fo tTiat the plants are rarely 

 deftitute of flowers for near eight months, from the 



ders the plant valuable.. 



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This plant is fomewhat tender, therefore is generally 

 prcfcrved in green-Tioufes in winter, where, being 

 placcd'among other low plants toward the front of the 

 houfe, it makes an agreeable variety, as it continues 

 flowering; all the winter. But akhoueh it is commonly 

 10 treated, yet m moderate winters this plant will 

 live in the open air, if it be planted in a warm utua- 

 tipriaKd dn'g dry'foiU''4nd if,, in very hard froft, 

 they arc covered cither with mats. Reeds, Straw, or 

 Feas-haulm, ^ 



may be preferved^ very well^-, and 



tnele plants wiiicn^rpw m the fuirgrouhdi will thrive 

 better; and produce a'gf^^ierntimber of flb\*efs, than 

 thpfe which are kept in pots'; but the foil in which 



-' thefe are planted, fliould not be over rich, nor too wet, 

 for in either of thefe they will grow too vigorous in 



■ f&nririief, fo'will be in greater danger of fufferingty 

 tfe frofl: in winter ; but when they grow on a gra- 

 velly foil, or among lime rubbilh, their Ihoots will be 

 . Ihort, ftrong, and not fo replete with moifture, fo 



. " will better^refifl: the cold. 



This plant very rarely produces feeds in England, 



.therefore is only propagated by cuttings, which, if 



planted during any ot the fummer months,, and 



Ihaded from the fun, and duly watered, will be rooted 



ia tw(J months^ ariH'mav afterward be either planted 



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• in pots, or into the borders where they are dcfirncd to 

 ftand.- 



There is a variety of this with variegated leaves 

 which is preferved in fome of the gardens where pcr- 

 fons delight in thefe fl:riped-leaved plants. This is 

 not fo hardy as the plain fort, therefore mull* be 

 treated more tenderly in winter , this is alfo increafed 

 by cuttings in the fame manner as the other. 

 The fecond fore is a plant of humbler growth than 

 the firfl: ; this feldom rifes more than fix or ei&ht 

 inches high, nor do the branches grow woody, but 

 are rather herbaceous ; the leaves of this olanr rnnt-; 

 nue green through the year, and tne flowers arc of as 

 long duration as thofe of the firft fort, which renders 

 it valuable. 'This rarely produces feeds in England 

 but is propagated by flips, which in fummer'^earily 

 take root, and the plants may be treated in the fame 

 manner as hath been direded for the firfl: fort and 

 will thrive in the open air. 



The third fort is a low annual plant, the feeds of 

 which were formerly fown to make edgings for bor- 

 ders in the pleafure-garden, for which purpofe all the 

 low annual flowers are very improper, becaufe diey do 

 not anfwer the intent, which is to prevent the earth of 

 the borders falling into the walks, v/hich thefe plants 

 .never can do ; and though they make^ pretty appear- 

 ance during their continuance in flower, which is fel^ 

 dom more than a fortnight or three weeks, yet after 

 their flowers are paft: they become yery unfightly ^ 

 therefore all thefe forts of flowers fliould be fown • 

 in fmall patches in the borders of the flower-gar- ': 

 . den, where, if they are properly mixed with other 

 flowers, they will have a yery good efteft •, and;by 

 fowing of them at three' or four dilfcrent fcafons, 

 there may be a fucccfllon of them continued in fiojirer ■ 

 till autumn. ^ - • ^ . : ^ . . . -t'>iix' 



There are two different varieties of this third fort 'one 

 With red, and the other hath white flowers : but the ^ 

 white IS not common in the gardens, but the feeds of ' 



: the'fixth fort are generally fold for it, and is feldom 



' difl:inguiftied but by thofe who are Ikilled in botany; 



' this plant feldom nfes more than five or ,fix inchei 

 high, and if they haye room will branch out on every 

 fide, but when' they are left too clofe, they draw eacft 

 other up, and are weak: as thefe do not bear tranf- 



'. planting well, fo the feeds fliould be fown tliin in 

 patches, and when the plants are grown prcttyftrongj ' 

 they fliould be thinned, leaving but fix or eightin 

 in each patch to flower j and by thus treating themi 

 they will put put fide branches, and flower moCh 

 ftronger, and continue longer in beauty thai? when 

 they are left clofer together •, thefe plants will require ' 

 no other culture but to keep them clean fromVeeds, •- 

 The fourth fort feldom grows fo large as the thirds 

 and the flowers are much fmaller, but have ap. agree-: 

 able odour. It grows naturally in Helvetia, and Is ' 

 preferved in botanic gardens for variety, it is an-: 



,nual, and requires the fame treatment as the third. 

 The fifth fort grows on fandy and rocky place? in fe- ■ 

 vcral parts of England, fo is rarely admitted into gar--. 

 dens. The leaves of this are fmall, and cut to the mid-' 

 rib into "many jags -, thefe are fpread on the ground,- 

 and between them arife a naked foot-fi:alk ;wo or 

 three inches long, fuftaining fmall umbels of white '. 



flowers. This is an annual plant, whofe feeds fliould 

 Be Ibwnm auturnn where the plants are defigned to" . 

 retfiam, and require no other care but to keep them 

 clean from weeds. 



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The fixth fort is very like the third, but differs in 



the fliape of the leaves. The flowers of this are white, - 



fo may be fown' to make a variety with the red. ./It. 



requires the fame treatment.'^ ,.' ^...;;.,,..^ •'■ - 



The feventh fort^ gro\ys naturally, on the. Alps, from 



whence it was fent rne ; this is a perennial plant, which 



roots pretty deep in the ground. The lower leaves 



which rife, from the root, are round, flcihy, and cre- 



nati^d" on their edges. The flralk rifcs four or five 



inches high, and is garniflied with fmail oblong 



leaves which half embrace the ft^alks mth, their bafe. 



The flowers terminate the flralk in a round com- . 

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