ALYSSUM 11 



Alth^'a — continued. 



good stout stake or bamboo 4 or 5 ft. high. If 

 the staking is done later the roots get disturbed. 



When in flower, water occasionally with liquid 

 manure. This is important if fine plants are 

 required. It may be mentioned that the author 

 has grown Hollyhocks 12 ft. high, though this is 

 unusual. The ground was virgin soil, and had just 

 been deeply trenched and manm-ed. 



A good panacea against the ravages of the 

 fungus disease before mentioned is 1 lb. of tobacco 

 powder and \ oz. sulphate of copper, well mixed 

 together, and dusted over the foliage. 



Aly'ssum (from Gr. a, not, and lussa, rage, in reference 



to its supposed cure for anger). Nat. Ord. 



Cruciferce. 



A. Mari'timum, popularly known as Sweet Alyssum, 

 is a free blooming hardy little annual, much 

 cultivated in gardens, producing small bunches 

 of white honey-scented flowers, very attractive 

 to bees. 



It grows about 3 or 4 ins. high, and is 

 useful as a carpet plant or edging, but may 

 often be seen growing on the tops of old walls 

 in our warmer counties. In such places it is 

 perennial, but in gardens it is usually treated as 

 annual. There is a variegated variety besides. 

 Syns., Alys'sum halimifo'lium, Anodon'tea 

 halimifo'lia, Kon'iga mari'tima. 

 Propagate by seeds sown I- in. deep outdoors 



in April, thinning the seedlings out to 6 ins. apart. 



