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or ten inches long, and the centre one ten inches or a foot. Large as these dimensions may seem, they are by no 
means uncommon. A plant grown in a pot, which was exhibited in Oharlwood's shop in the summer of 1838, 
was considerably larger ; and there waa a bed of these flowers at Claremont, (grown by the late gardener there, 
Mr. M'Intosh,) not one of which was less than the size we have mentioned, and some were much larger. These 
plants were treated in the manner abeady directed for Iberis umhelkUa, being sown in August or September, and 
gradually thinned out six or saven times tiU the plants were left a foot and a half, or two feet asunder, so as to 
allow them to be as near each other, when fuUy spread out, as they could be without touching. It is rather 
curious that but little is known of the history of this splendid plant. The only British botanical periodical in 
which it has been figured, is Sweeps British Flower Garden ; and this was in 1836. In the description annexed 
to the figure, it is not stated of what country it is a native, or when it was introduced ; but it is suggested that 
it is probably a hybrid between Iberis Loffoscana (to which it is nearly allied) and some other species. It 
appears, however, to have been long in cultivation in France, as it is mentioned in the Bon Jardinier for 1831, 
as a variety of /. umlellata, and as being then cultivated by M. Vibert, a Parisian nurseryman. The French call 
it Iheride Julienne, literally, the Bocket Candy Tuft. 
OTHER KINDS OF IBERIS. 
The following kinds have all been introduced, but as they are seldom grown in gardens, or sold in seed-shops, 
we have not thought it necessary to give lengthened details respecting them. 
6.— I. SPATULATA, Berg., I. COMOSA, Willd., I. ROTUNDIFOLIA, Lam. 
A native of the Pyrenees, in calcareous stony places, irrigated at certain seasons by the melting of the snow. 
The plant grows about six inches high, and the flowers are purplish. It was introduced in 1820. 
7.— I. VIOLACEA, R. Br. 
A very dwarf plant, with violet-coloured flowers ; introduced in 1782, but its native country unknown. 
8— I. LAGASCANA, Dec. 
A native of the mountains of Spain, resembling I. coronaria, but with much smaller flowers. Introduced 
in 1822. 
9.— I. PYRENAICA, Lap. 
A native of the Pyrenees, with white racemose flowers, probably the same as I. Loffoscana, or a variety of 
that species. It grows a foot high, with an erect, branched, reddish stem. 
