DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWERS. 245 
HYPERICUM.—St. Jonn’s Wort. 
(A name of unknown meaning’] 
Hypéricum calycinum, — Large-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 -shrubberies; 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. andrésemum, also called Androsemum 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, touée 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,—Canvy-Turr. 
{Named from Iberia, the country now called 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 Z umbellata only, which was first discovered 
in Candia. 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 species until the frost in 
October. All the varieties look best in beds, or masses. 
Ibéris 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- 
