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Read about Alyssum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Alyssum maritimum, Lam. (A. odoratum, Hort.). Sweet Alyssum. Fig. 181. A low. spreading, light green annual, with lanceolate or linear entire Lvs., tapering to the base, and small honey-scented fls. in terminal clusters, which become long racemes. Eu. Many cult. vars.: var. Benthamii or compactum, a dwarf and compact form, not over 6 in. high; var. variegatum, with pale white-edged Lvs.; var. giganteum, robust, broad-lvd.; var. procumbens, of spreading habit; and various horticultural forms with trade names.


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