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When plants or bushes are well established the rabbits leave them alone, though some families of plants are always irresistible—Pinks and Carnations, for instance, and nearly all Crucifer�, such as Wallflowers, Stocks, and Iberis.

Some indeed, such as the lovely Collinsia verna and the large white Iberis, only do well if autumn-sown.

The flower that always looks to me the whitest is that of Iberis sempervirens.

Oet. 1518-1526: O decus mundi, radiate Titan, Cujus ad primos Hecate vapores Lassa nocturnæ levat ora bigæ, Dic sub Aurora positis Sabæis, Dic sub Occasu positis Iberis, Quique ferventi quatiuntur axe, Quique sub plaustro patiuntur Ursæ; Dic ad æternos, properare Manes Herculem.

Besides the ordinary constituents of herbs, it is found to contain six per cent. of soft resin, together with a sulphuretted volatile oil, which is identical with that of Mustard, as obtained likewise from the bitter Candytuft, Iberis amara.