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LEPACHYS 



L. autumnUe, l.iiin.. Kali. Dandki.ion. is sunu'tiincs 

 oiilt. m AiiHT, It Inroiiu-s wtMniy, lint its latc-llnwi-rinn 

 jvUow lu'ads an- attrfuMivi- to some. Eu., Imt natu- 

 Rdii«l in K. N. Aiiior. N. Taylok. 



LEONTOPODIUM ^Onvk, lion's foot). CompoxiUi: 

 IVri'iiiiial 111 ills, all luftinl ami woolly, of which the 

 «lehvoi.-*> is prrliaps the oiii' flowor most .soiinlit by 

 tourists in tlio .\l|is. It is an I'liililcni of [miity. 



Stems iisooniiinp or erect, iinliranclied except at the 

 very top: st.-lvs. alteriiale. entire: heads small, crowiled 

 into lienso cymes surroumleti by a sort of leafy iiivolu- 

 cff. — About ti widely scatteriil species. Kdelweiss is 

 eXM cataloituixl as a Ctnaphalium, but in that t;enus the 

 style is "J-inil, wiiile in Leontopodium it is uncut. 

 LeontoiKxlium is mon> nearly allii^l to our common 

 weed, the "pearly everhustinn" i.\iiai>li<ili.i innrtjoritd- 

 oa\ which lacks the den.se cluster of star-liUe lloral 

 Ivs., but in the opinion of some h;u3 as much beauty as 

 the etlelwciss. 



The eiiclweiss is a low plant, 4 to 12 indies hifjli, 

 densely coveri-<l with a wliiti.sh wool, the attractive 

 portion beinn the flat star-like cluster of woolly floral 

 leaves surroun<linK the true flowers, which ai'e small, 

 inconspicuous and yellow. The general impression 

 seems to be that e<lelweiss cannot be cultivated in 

 America. In I'.MK), however, it was extensively a<lver- 

 tise<1 as a pot-plant, and it has lonn been cultivated in 

 rock-gardens. .J. H. Keller says, "It can be grown to jier- 

 fection in an elevated position of the rockery, in rather 

 light soil and with full exposure to .sun. It also suc- 

 ceeds in an ordinary hardy border where the plants can 

 be kept moderately dry in winter." 



Seeds of edelweiss should be sown about February 1 , 

 which gives plants large enough to plant out in perma- 

 nent quarters about May 1. If planted in good well- 

 drained ground, the plants are sure to make a good 

 growth s<j that by the middle of September there will b(^ 

 an occasional flower. However, it is not until the follow- 

 ing year that one gets a full crop of flowers, so many in 

 fact that it seems to exhaust the plants, which should 

 now receive a good deal of care. Olii plants divided 

 early in the fall and wintered in coldframes give very 

 KOO<i results, or late-sown seedlings carried over winter 

 m the same way do well. (.Vlbert E. Robinson.) 



To establish a colony of edelweiss an English writer 

 (Gn. .52, p. 146) a<lvises that a few stray seedlings be 



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2132. Edelweiss. — Leontopodium alpinum. (XH) 



firmly plantefi in a narrow chink of rock so placed that 

 a dwp fbwiire of gritty or sandy loam may be iissured 

 for the roots to rarnblr; in. Plants in [Ktt.i may be grown 

 and flow'ere<l when the collar is tightly wedged between 

 (ome picc<-s of .stone or old mortar. The plant is best 

 propagated by 8e<!<i8, as division is not always suc- 

 ce*t.^flll. 



alplnum, C'uhh. (Onaphfilium LrjmUjpMiiim, Ijnn. 



/, hirn'tl/ii/iiriuiii, l)(l.). Kig. 21^2. (' 



reeping 



by 



BUAimit: IvB. \iiti(ut<AaU;, white-tornentose beneath, floral 

 ones oblong: f).-hea<lii 7-9 in a cluster; involiicral 



scales woollv at base, blacki.sh at apex. B.M. 1958. 

 (in. 2',), II. r,2\); 52, p. 146; 60, p. 344; 62, p. 145. G.L. 

 lS:.l7;2t:lSl. 



sibiricum, (ja.ss. St. simple, bearing numerous 

 oblong-linear, often webby Ivs.: fls. borne in a densely 

 corymbo.se cluster, white, and nearly twice the size of 

 the preceding. Russia. — Can be grown roiulilyat much 

 lower elevations than L. (ilj)hmiii. 



L. juiifinirititi, Mi(i. ((liijipli.'Uiuni .Sieboldianum. Franch. & 

 Siiv.). l'"ls.-tK'iuls looser; Ivm. tiliinitiK diirlv groeii ubovp, under- 

 neath silvery. p^ TAYLOR.f 



LEONURUS (Greek compound, meaning iiott's tail). 

 Liiliial.r. .\li(iu( 10 species of herbs, .some of them 

 weedy and widespread, but scarcely horticultural 

 subjects. L.Cdrd'iiiai, Liiin. (Cttnl'inca ruUjaris, Moench. 

 /,. rilloxiin, Desf.), is the common motherwort: weed or 

 <'sca|ie about buildings and in waste places, from Eu.: 

 perennial, tall, with long-]ietioled Ivs., the lower 3- 

 cleft: fls. iiurple (sometimes white) bearded, in axil- 

 lai'v whorls; calyx with prickly teeth. Said to be a good 

 bee-plant. 



LEPACHYS (Greek, a thick .tcale; probably referring 

 to the thickened upper part of the bracts of the recep- 

 tacle). Including Ralitnda. Coinposilw. Annual or per- 

 ennial herbs, the most jiopular of which is a fine prairie 

 wild-flower, L. coha/iiKiri.s, for which, unfortunately, 

 there is no common name. 



Lepachys contains 4 species of herbs, all American, 3 

 perennial: Ivs. alternate, pinnately divided or parted: 

 disks at first grayish, their corollas yellowish, becoming 

 tawny; chafTy bracts commonly marked with an inter- 

 marginal purple line or spot, containing volatile oil or 

 resin; achenes flattened, shari)-margincd or winged. 

 For generic distinctions, see Rudbeckia. 



Lipachys coluvniarit: grows 2 to 3 feet high, has ele- 

 gantly cut foliage, and bears flowers something like a 

 brown-eyed Susan, but the disk is finally cylindrical 

 and more than an inch high, with 6 or 7 oval, reflexed 

 rays hanging from the base. In a fine specimen these 

 rays are 1 ' ■• inches long anfl nearly 1 incli broad. There 

 are 5 inches or more of naked wiry stem between foliage 

 and flower. Typically, the rays are yellow, but per- 

 lia]is the most attractive form is var. pulcherrima, 

 whii'li has a large brown or brown-purple area toward 

 the base of each ray. Like the greater number of our 

 native western flowi^rs that are cultivated in the 

 eastern states, the plants have reached our gardens 

 from European cultivators. Meehan says it is perfectly 

 hardy in our northern borders, but the English do not 

 regard it as entirely safe without some winter protec- 

 tion. Moreover, it is one of the easiest herbaceous 

 perennials to raise from seed, flowering the first year, 

 and it is chiefly treated in the Old World as an annual 

 bedding plant, the .seeds being known to the trade as 

 (lliilixatria pidrlierrima. I'or bedding, the seeds are 

 .sown in early spring in a hotbed, the seedlings pricked 

 olf into boxes, hardeneil off, and finally transphinted to 

 the open, only slight care being necessary to obtain 

 eonijiact bushes about 2 feet high. Under such cir- 

 cumstances the plants flower from .lune to September, 

 and the season may be prolonged by a sowing in the 

 open. Tliis has proved useful in our northern borders, 

 where seed should be thinly sown in the open, where the 

 [ilants are to stand, with a fair chance of autumnal 

 bloom the .same year. The flowers last well in water and 

 should be cut with long stems to get the benefit of the 

 delicately-cut foliage. L. piiinala is perfectly hardy at 

 N(!W York and is a scrvi(H'able perennial. 



A. liayn oval, scarcely as long as the di.ik at its longest: 

 If.-segms. linear. 



columnaris, Torr. & CJray (Ralihiila cnlunindTis, D. 

 Don). Fig, 2 133. A rough-pubescent perennial, branching 

 from the base, 1-2 J^ ft. high in the wild, often 



