158 GARDENING FOR YOUNG AND OLD. 



BRACHYCOME. 



The Brachycome (B.iberidifolia) is an Australian plant, 

 found on the banks of Swan River, and popularly called 

 the "Swan River Daisy." It grows about eight inches 

 high, and produces an abundance of flowers. For the 

 first eight years after its introduction there was no vari- 

 ation in the color or character of its flowers ; but we 

 have now two distinct varieties, one pure white and the 

 other rose-colored. This is a useful edging plant to sow 

 around the borders of a bed, leaving the plants four or 

 five inches apart. It deserves far more attention than it 

 has yet received. 



CANDYTUFT. 



Candytuft can be sown either in spring or in autumn. 

 It is a very hardy plant, easily grown, and a*general favor- 

 ite. I like to see a large bed of it sown early in spring in 



Fig. 38. CANDYTUFT. 



rows one foot apart, and the seeds sown quite thickly in 

 the row say three or four seeds to the inch. By the 

 middle of June, the flowers will begin to show themselves, 



