. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. WORMWOOD as its name implies, anthelmintic properties, altiiough now, for no apparent reason otlier than caprice of prac- tice, they are less popular with the profession than for- merly. In domestic medicine they are employed as men- tioned and as a diuretic; locally a
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. WORMWOOD as its name implies, anthelmintic properties, altiiough now, for no apparent reason otlier than caprice of prac- tice, they are less popular with the profession than for- merly. In domestic medicine they are employed as men- tioned and as a diuretic; locally as a fomentation or as a decoction with vinegar to ulcers, sprains and bruises. In the dry state they are occasionally placed among clothing as a moth repellant. Formerly Wormwood was used by brewers to embitter and preserve liquors, but at the present time it finds its most extensive use as the principal ingredient in absinthe, in the manufacture of which peppermint, angelica, anise, cloves and cinna- mon are also ingredients. According to Blythe, the green color of this liquor is due not to Wormwood but to the chlorophyll of spinach, parsley or nettles. The plant may be grown without trouble in light, dry, rather WYOMING 1991 titude. This includes the high mountain ranges, which as a rule are covered with forests that catch and hold the winter snow, the melting of which supplies the nu- merous perennial streams flowing in every direction from the mountain summits. In the north are culti- vated areas at less than feet altitude, and farming is practiced on high plateaus or in mountain valleys up to 8,000 feet. Wyoming .nibraoes an area 355 miles from east to west and 27(; miles from north to south, in the very heart of the Rocky iMountain region. As would be expected, there is great diversity of soil, climate and exposure. There are wind-swept plains, rolling up- lands, protected mountain valleys and bottom-lands along streams, with corresponding lengths of the grow- ing s
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