. 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. WORMWOOD WYOMING 1991 as its name implies, anthelmintic properties, although now, for no apparent reason other 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; locallj' as a fomentation or as a decocti
. 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. WORMWOOD WYOMING 1991 as its name implies, anthelmintic properties, although now, for no apparent reason other 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; locallj' as a fomentation or as a decoction with vinef;:ar to ulcers, sprains and bruises. In the dry state tliey 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 iinds its most extensive use aa the principal ingredient in absinthe, in the manufacture of which peppermint, angelica, anise, cloves and cinna- mon are also ingredients. According to Blythe, tlie green color of this liquor is due not to Wormwood l>ut to the chlorophyll of spinach, parsley or nettles. The plant may be grown without trouble in light, dry, rather titude. This the high mountain ranges, which as a rule are covered with forests tliat 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 than 3,500 feet altitude, and farming is practiced on high plateaus or in mountain valleys up to 8,000 feet. Wyoming embraces an area 355 miles from east to west and 276 miles from north to south, in the very heart of the Rocky Mountain region. As would be expected, there is great diversity of soil, climate and There are wind-swept plains, rolling up- lands, protected mountain valleys and bottom-lands along streams, with corresponding lengths of the grow- ing season, free from frost, of from eig
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