TBERIS. Caiidyiuft. [Crucifers.] A genus con taming 

 ■■- some well-known hardy annuals, and a few greenhouse 

 and hardy sub-shrubs. The annuals are showy and useful 

 border plants, perfectly hardy, growing in any kind of soil, and 

 need only to be sown where they are to flower. They will 

 sometimes shed the seed in the borders ; and the plants come 

 up in autumn, and stand the winter if it be not too severe. 

 Cai dytuft makes a good clump-plant io^ a geometrical gar- 

 den, becaise it does rot grow higher than six or nine inches, 

 and forms a co.nplete masi^ of flowers in its season, being 

 literally covered with bloom. The natural blooming season 

 may be prolonged by sowing some in pots as early as Feb- 

 ruary, thinning them as they come up, and nursing them in 

 the greenhouse or frames till May, when they will be almost 

 in flower. The seed sown i the borders will be a month 

 or six weeks later before ii flowe 's ; and a later sowing 

 toward the end of May will carry u \ the succession. The 

 sub-shrubby evergreen species thrive in light soil, and the 

 hardy ones are very beautiful for rock-work, or, for early 

 blooming small groups in the flower-garden. They are 

 propagated freely by cuttings in sandy soil under hand- 

 glasses, in a shady place, early in the summer. 



/. corifolia (coris-^eaved) ; hardy evergreen sub-shrub ; 6 

 inches • flowers white, in May ; south of Europe ; 1739. ^' ^^^' 

 6.na?'ia (garland) ; hardy annual ; i foot ; flowers white, in June ; 

 gardens. /. Gibraltarica (Gibraltar) ; frame evergreen tub- 

 shrub ; I foot; flowers whitish-pink, in June; Gibraltar; 1732. 

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