. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. Sweet alyssum (X K). AL'S'SSUM (classical name). Cmclferm. Low plants, mostly perennials and used for rockwork. The Sweet Alyssum is one of the commonest annuals, grown both in the open and forced .{SiSj, in benches, beds or pots. It is of the easi- est culture, either in- doors or out. The com- pact vars. are
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. Sweet alyssum (X K). AL'S'SSUM (classical name). Cmclferm. Low plants, mostly perennials and used for rockwork. The Sweet Alyssum is one of the commonest annuals, grown both in the open and forced .{SiSj, in benches, beds or pots. It is of the easi- est culture, either in- doors or out. The com- pact vars. are most prized for pot-culture. Under glass, requires temperature of a car- nation house. It will stand considerable frost in the open, and may be sown early ; it blooms all summer, and until killed by winter. Useful for window gardens and bas- kets. For winter bloom, sow seeds late in Aug. or in Sept. When blooms begin to fail, cut back the plant, and it will bloom again. The perennial species are usually prop, by dividing the roots ; also by cuttings and seeds. A. Fls. white. {A. odordtum,Hort.). Sweet Alys- sum. Fig. 74. A low, spreading, light green annual, with lanceolate or linear entire Ivs., tapering to the base, and small honey-scented fls. in terminal clusters, which be- come long racemes. Eu. Many cult, vars.: B^nthami or Gompdctum, a dwarf and compact form, not over 6 in. high; variegatum, with pale white-edged Ivs.; gigan- Mum, robust, broad-lvd.; prociimbens, of spreading habit; and various horticultural forms with trade names. spinftsum, Linn. A woody-stemmed little perennial, with lanceolate acute silvery Ivs., spiny fl. branches, and very small numerous ils. Eu. Rockwork; 3-6 in. AA. Fls. yelloic : perennials. B. 1/vs. K in. or less long. serpylliSdlium, Desf. (A. alp^stre, ). Dwarf (3-4 in. high), somewhat woody at the base, with rough- hoary Ivs., and pale yellowfls. inracemes. Eu. BB. Z/vs. 1 in. or more long. sax&tile, Linn.
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