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HYPERICUM— St. John's Wort. 



[A n;iiiie of unknown meaning-] 



Hypericum calyciniim. — Laige-calyxed St. John's 

 Wort. — Bears a very large yellow flower, and its numer- 

 ous stamens form a beautiful appearance ; it creeps over 

 the ground and prefers the shade of trees, which makes 

 it a valuable ornament for shnibberies ; the foliage is 

 broad, thick and shining. A native of Ireland. I imag- 

 ine it to be sufficiently hardy to bear our climate, but do 

 not know that it has been tried. 



H. andr6S£emum, also called AndrosGemum officinale^ is 

 a shrub about three or four feet high, flowers yellow, 

 showy. The juice expressed from the foliage is claret 

 colored. The leaves were formerly applied to fresh 

 wounds, hence the French name, toute saine (all heal) 

 from which it obtained its common English appellation 

 Tutsan. Flowers in July. There are several wild species, 

 one of which, H. perforatum^ is a troublesome weed. 



IBERIS.— Candy-Tuft. 



[Named from Iberia, the country now c;illed Spain.] 



The species are generally pretty plants, and some of 

 them cultivated in gardens as hardy annuals, under the 

 name of Candy-Tuft, — a name which was originally ap- 

 plied to the I. umhellata only, which was first discovered 

 in Canclia. All the species and varieties of the Candy- 

 Tuft are very hardy, and easy to cultivate. The fall-sown 

 seeds flower early, those sown in April, from July to 

 September ; and some of the sj^ecies until the frost in 

 October. All the varieties look best in beds, or masses. 



Iberis amara. — White Candy-Tuft. — Has numerous 

 white flowers, in umbel-like clusters. A hardy annual, of 

 no little beauty, from England, and worthy of cultiva- 



