88 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



This elegant wild-flower is familiarly called the Heath- 

 bell ; some have confused it with the Harebell, or English 

 hyacinth, which is a very different flower ; and some say 

 that the name of harebell properly belongs to the Little 

 Campanula. Sir Walter Scott speaks of it by that title : 



" What though no rule of courtly grace 

 To measured mood had trained her pace ? 

 A foot more light., a step more true, 

 Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew : 

 E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head 

 Elastic from her airy tread." 



LADY OF THE LAKE. 



CANDY-TUFT. 



JBERIS. 



CRUCIFERfc. 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. French, Grin de lin ; Italian, Iberide. 



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 

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

 take root in two months. Their branches will fall unless, 

 supported by sticks. 



