74 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



months ; and, if shaded from the sun, and kept moist, will 

 take root in two months. Their branches will fall unless 

 supported by sticks. 



The Common Purple Candy-Tuft, the White, and the 

 Sweet-scented are annuals; and, if sown in September, 

 March, April, and May, may be continued in succession 

 throughout the summer. These, as well as the Rock and 

 the Round-leaved Candy-Tufts, will bear exposure to the 

 open air. They must not have more water than is suf- 

 ficient to keep them from absolute drought. 



The Purple has a variety of names : as Candia Thlaspi* 

 Candia Mustard, and Spanish Tuft. The White species, 

 though not mentioned by any of the old botanical writers, 

 is indigenous : it is common to most European countries. 

 The Sweet-scented, the flowers of which are dazzlingly 

 white, is a native of the mountains near Geneva. The 

 seeds should be sown in pots four or five inches in dia- 

 meter, one in each. 



CARDAMINE. 



CRUCIFERJB, TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 



So called from its taste of cardamoms : also Lady's Smock, from the 

 white sheets of flowers they display on the plashes of water in which 

 they usually grow ; and Cuckoo-flower, from blowing at the time of 

 that bird beginning to sing. — French, cresson de pres [meadow-cress] ; 

 passarage sauvage [wild cress]. — Italian, cardamindo; nasturzio di 

 prato ; o crescione di prato : both signifying meadow-cress. 



Few of the species of Cardamine are admitted into 

 gardens. The kind most deserving of a place there is 

 the common Cuckoo-flower, or Lady's Smock, which is 

 common in our meadows, and by brook sides, &c ; or, 

 rather, the double varieties of this kind should perhaps be 



