Balsams for Dull Places 
A useful plant where a quick-growing climber 
is required. 
Iberis coronaria ( Candytuft ) ; h.a. — A fine 
plant, i foot to 18 inches high, with massive 
spikes of purest white bloom. It is much best 
autumn sown. The varieties of I. umbellata, 
about g inches high, range through white and 
purplish colourings, and are capital edging and 
carpeting plants. 
Impatiens balsamina ( Garden Balsam) ; 
h.h.a. ; 18 inches. — Is grown in pots for the 
greenhouse, or bedded out in good soil in a 
sunny place. It varies in colour from white 
to deep red. 
Impatiens glandulifera ( Common Balsam ) ; 
h.a.; 8 feet. — Flowers white to pink. A 
very handsome plant of rapid growth, useful 
in the back of borders, or among shrubs or at 
the edge of woodland. It is one of the few 
annual plants that do well in the close shade 
of buildings, and might be used with advantage 
in many places where there is a dull backyard 
or enclosed court that receives little or no sun- 
light. A fine white-flowered Balsam has been 
sold of late as I . Roy lei ; the accuracy of 
the name is doubtful, but the plant is desir- 
able ; apparently a pure white form of I. 
glandulifera. The seed capsules explode with 
some force, throwing the seeds many yards 
away. They germinate only too freely, but it 
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