. 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. LEONTOPODIUM LEONTOPODIUM (Greek, lion's foot). Oompdsitw. The Edelweiss Is perhaps the one flower most sought by tourists in the Alps. It is an emblem of purity, and the name means "noble ; It is a low plant, 4-12 in. high, densely covered with a whitish wool, the attractive LEPACHYS 901. 1251.
. 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. LEONTOPODIUM LEONTOPODIUM (Greek, lion's foot). Oompdsitw. The Edelweiss Is perhaps the one flower most sought by tourists in the Alps. It is an emblem of purity, and the name means "noble ; It is a low plant, 4-12 in. high, densely covered with a whitish wool, the attractive LEPACHYS 901. 1251. Edelweiss—Leontopodium alpinum (X/it). portion being the flat, star-like cluster of woolly floral leaves surrounding the true fls., which are small, incon- spicuous and yellow. The general impression seems to be that Edelweiss cannot be cult, in America. In 1900, however, it is being extensively advertised as a pot- plant, and it has long been cult, in rook gardens. J. B. Keller writes, "It can be grown to perfection in elevated position of the rockery, in rather light soil and with full exposure to sun. It also succeeds in an ordinary hardy border where the plants can be kept moderately dry in ; Dreer advises that the seed be sown early in spring in shallow pans of sandy soil and leaf- mold and kept cool and moist. E. J. Canning sows seeds of Edelweiss in 4-in. pots in the greenhouse in Feb., pricking off as soon as large enough to handle, and finally transferring them to the rock garden, where they flower well the second year; but after that they are in- clined to die out. To establish a colony of Edelweiss an English writer (Gn. 52, p. 146) advises that a few stray seedlings be firmly planted in a narrow chink of rock so placed that a deep fissure of gritty or sandy loam may be assured for the roots to ramble in. Plants in pots may be grown and flowered when the collar is tightly wedged between some pieces of stone or old mortar. The plant is best propa-
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