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may stand abroad till the flowers begin to open; and, 

 being then placed in a room where it is shaded from the 

 sun and rain, the flowers will continue long in beauty. If 

 it be removed into the air at night, where it is not exposed 

 to heavy rains, the flowers will be handsomer, and will last 

 longer. This kind is rather more delicate than those be- 

 fore mentioned ; and when raised from seeds, which is the 

 best mode, requires a hot-bed to bring it forward. It 

 should therefore be procured in a pot, and should be one 

 that has been raised from seed. Most of the Campanulas 

 close their flowers at night. They will grow in common 

 garden earth. 



CANDY-TUFT. 



IBERIS. 



CRUCIFERJE. TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 



Candy-Tuft takes its English name from Candia, one of the many 

 countries of which it is a native ; and its Latin name from Iberia, now 

 Spain. 



The evergreen kinds are more tender than most of the 

 species, and require shelter from frost : they do not thrive 

 so well in a pot as in the open ground, but cannot for a 

 comparative inferiority be dispensed with. In addition to 

 the advantage of retaining their green leaves all the year, 

 they enliven the winter months with their tufts of white 

 flowers, which continue in succession from the end of 

 August till the beginning of June. 



There are two species of evergreen Candy-Tufts : the 

 broad and the narrow-leaved. The former is a native of 

 Persia ; the latter, of the island of Candia. As these do 

 not often produce seeds in England, they are increased 

 by cuttings, which may be planted in any of the summer 



