CANDYTUFTS 
gi owing to a foot or two feet high, with wedge-shaped leaves toothed 
near the top. Flowers large, white tinged with lilac, pink or red; early 
spring. Native of the south of Spain and Morocco. The var. hybrida 
is an improvement upon the type, being of more compact growth, and 
even more closely covered with blossoms; white tinged with rosy 
purple. 
I. Peuiti (Fruit’s). A shrubby species, nearly a foot in height, well 
covered with dark green spoon-shaped leaves, and bearing compact heads 
of flowers almost as large as those of I. gibraltarica, but pure white. 
Flowering in May and June. A native of Sicily. 
I. saxatilis (living among rocks). Hock Candytuft. Shrubby 
stems lying along the ground, with very narrow evergreen leaves, and 
flat corymbs of pure white flowers; spring and summer. Veiy useful 
for the rock-garden or border. Introduced from South of Europe (1739). 
I. SEMPERVIRENS (evergreen). Evergreen Candytuft. Stems much 
branched, shrubby, 9 to 12 inches. Leaves oblong, blunt, narrowed at 
the base. Flowers pure white in abundant racemes, appearing in May 
and continuing through the summer. Native of South Europe (1731). 
This is the most commonly grown of the shrubby kinds, and deservedly 
popular. There is a var. garrexiana, somewhat dwarfer in habit, with 
smaller white flowers, the racemes gradually lengthening. Also a var. 
Jlore plenty, dwarf and compact. 
I. tenoreana (Tenore’s). Stems nearly shrubby at base, ascending; 
6 inches. Whole plant hairy. Leaves somewhat fleshy, with rounded 
teeth; lower ones egg-shaped, narrowing to the base; upper ones much 
narrower. Flowers in umbels, white at first, changing to purple; May. 
Native of South-West Europe (1822). 
Cultivation the species mentioned above are very desirable 
garden plants, being easy of cultivation, of neat habit and 
free-bloomers, but they like plenty of sunshine and an open position. 
The annual sorts come freely from seeds, which should be sown in a light 
sandy soil in early autumn, if the species selected is a spring bloomer; if 
a summer bloomer, the seed should not be sown until March or April. 
They are plants that do not succeed well when transplanted; therefore 
it is advisable to sow the seed where the plants are to flower and then to 
thin out the seedlings to not less than six inches apart. Autumn-sown 
plants endure the winter better if they have been sown on a dry soil, 
but the spriDg-sown plants require a moister soil, as well as sunshine. 
The perennial species may also be grown from seed, but in their case this 
is not very desirable, for they are so readily propagated by means of 
cuttings. These should be taken from the young shoots immediately 
