IBEEIS 



WALLFLOWEB OBDEB 



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with woody, slender, trailing branches. 

 Leaves spoon-shaped, blunt, entire, smooth, 

 about 1^ in. long. Flowers in May and 

 June, white, large, in dense flat heads, 

 lengthening with age into spikes about 3 

 in. long, the lower flowers opening first. 



Culture and, Propagation. — This is an 

 excellent plant for almost any part of the 

 flower garden, but especially for rockeries, 

 edges of borders, nooks &e. As it does 

 not come true from seed, it is best in- 

 creased by cuttings or layers. It grows 

 well in dry soil and hot sunny places. 



I. gibraltarica. — A handsome but 

 somewhat straggUng evergreen, 1-2 ft. 

 high, native of Gibraltar. Leaves wedge- 

 shaped, blunt, fleshy, distinctly toothed at 

 the apex, slightly ciliated, about 2 in. long. 

 Flowers from Easter to Whitsuntide, 

 large, white, often tinged with pink or red, 

 in corymbose heads. 



Culture So. This species requires a 

 well-drained soil in somewhat sheltered 

 spots, as it may not be quite hardy in all 

 parts of the country. The variety hybrida 

 is a denser growing plant than the type, 

 and has masses of creamy white flowers 

 gradually deepening to a pretty rose- 

 purple. Both species and variety are 

 excellent plants for the rockery or flower 

 border, and may also be grown to advan- 

 tage in pots for the decoration of green- 

 houses and conservatories in the early 

 part of the year. 



L nana. — A smooth herbaceous annual 

 or biennial, only 3 in. high, native of 

 Southern France and Italy. Leaves 

 roundish, spoon-shaped, entire, rather 

 fleshy. Flowers in June and July, 

 purple. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased by 

 seeds. 



L odorata. — A native of Greece, an- 

 nual, 6-12 in. high, with Knear toothed 

 leaves, oihated at the base, dilated at the 

 apex. Flowers in sumnker, white, sweet- 

 scented, in racemes. 



Culture do. as above. Increased by 



L petrsea. — ^A pretty alpine plant 3 in. 

 high, with a flat cluster of pure white 

 flowers, tinged with red in the centre, 

 produced in summer. 



Culture dc. as above. A well-drained 

 moist position in the rockery is the 

 most suitable place for this plant. 



I. pinnata. — A pretty annual Candy- 

 tuft 8-9 in. high, native of France, with 



downy much-branched stems and stalked 

 pinnately out or divided leaves, with blunt 

 lobes. The white sweet-scented flowers 

 appear from spring to autumn, according 

 to the period of seed sowing, borne in 

 dense corymbose clusters. The obovate 

 petals are sometimes tinged with violet 

 on the margins. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased by 

 seeds. 



L Pruiti. — A SicUian perennial 6 in. 

 high, with smooth stems sub-shrubby at 

 the base, resembling I. tenorea/iia. Leaves 

 obovate, spoon-shaped, entire or somewhat 

 toothed. Flowers m May and June, pure 

 white, in compact heads or corymbs. 



Culture do. as above. Increased by 

 seeds, cuttings, or layers. 



L saxatilis {Bock Camdytuft). — This 

 dwarf shrub, 3-6 in. high, native of S. 

 Europe, is the commonest and perhaps 

 most useful of all the evergreen Candy- 

 tufts. It has linear, entire, somewhat 

 fleshy, ciliated leaves, and corymbs oi 

 white flowers in spring and early 

 summer. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased by 

 seeds, cuttings or layers. 



\. semperflorens. — A handsome but 

 somewhat tender evergreen 1-2 ft. high, 

 native of Italy, Sicily &c. Leaves wedge- 

 shaped or spoon-shaped, rather fleshy, 

 blunt, entire, smooth and of a deep green. 

 Flowers from October to May, pure white, 

 large, sweet-scented, in large, dense 

 corymbs. 



Cultu/re dc. as above. Owing to its 

 tender nature, this species should be grown 

 in only the warmest, sunniest, and most 

 sheltered spots of the rockery or flower 

 border. It may be increased by seeds, 

 cuttings, or layers, and prefers a some- 

 what chalky soil. 



I. sempervirens {Evergreen Candy- 

 tuft). — A well-known plant 9-12 in. high, 

 native of S. Europe. Leaves smooth, 

 oblong, blunt, narrowed at the base. 

 Flowers in spring and summer, pure 

 white, in long racemes. The variety 

 ga/rrexiama has somewhat smaller flowers 

 borne on racemes which lengthen with 

 age, and is less spreading in habit. 

 Buperha has a bushy habit and dense 

 heads of white flowers ; and flore plena has 

 double white flowers. 



The Evergreen Candytuft and its 

 varieties are excellent garden plants, 

 suitable for almost any position, and 



