IBERIS. Candytuft. [Cruciferas.] A genus containing 

 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. 

 Candytuft makes a good clump-plant for a geometrical gar- 

 den, because it does not grow higher than six or nine inches, 

 and forms a complete mass 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 in the borders will be a month 

 or six weeks later before it flowers ; and a later sowing 

 toward the end of May will carr}'^ on 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-leaved) ; hardy evergreen sub-shrub ; 6 

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

 onaria (garland) ; hardy annual ; i foot ; flowers white, in June ; 

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

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

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