Show to preserve an malno flower the diet of abo tyrol last week passed a bill imposing fines upon persons found selling any of the beautiful but rare alpine flower called edelweiss which has been pulled up ly the roots on the mountains A similar act was passed seven years ago by the diet of salzburg with a view to the preservation of the edelweiss plant which is threatened with extinction in the austrian alps in the salzburg district the success of this legislation is unfortunately not encouraging |