. Common weeds of Canada [microform] : a pocket guide. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes. 66 COMMON WEEDS OF CANADA Caraway, Carum Cant, (L), from the counuji Caria, was introduced into this country from Kur ope, and cultivated for the caraway seed, the ob- long, highly aromatic fruit. In early days no farm- house was complete without the bunches of caraway hanging from the kitchen beams; and even now one often sees women laying in a supply of caraway, the seeds of which are used for flavoring cake. SPOTTED COWBANE, MUSQUASH ROOT. BEAVER POISON. Cicuta maculata
. Common weeds of Canada [microform] : a pocket guide. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes. 66 COMMON WEEDS OF CANADA Caraway, Carum Cant, (L), from the counuji Caria, was introduced into this country from Kur ope, and cultivated for the caraway seed, the ob- long, highly aromatic fruit. In early days no farm- house was complete without the bunches of caraway hanging from the kitchen beams; and even now one often sees women laying in a supply of caraway, the seeds of which are used for flavoring cake. SPOTTED COWBANE, MUSQUASH ROOT. BEAVER POISON. Cicuta maculata, (L). Root.—Fleshy, deadly poisonous. Stem.—Stout, smooth, 2-b feet high, streaked with purple but seldom spotted. Leaves.— Not aromatic, alternate, pinnately-decom- pound; leaflets lance-oblong, coarsely toothed or sometimes cut-lobed, veiny, with the main veins running into the notches. Flow- ers.—White, in umliels 4 inches across. Fruit—Aromatic when bruised; globular and contracted on the sides. Seeds.—Each cariiel with 5 broad and thickened blunt ribs, and an <iil-tul)e in each interval; small, ,V uich, light-brown. Duration. — Perennial! Flowering.—July—August. Seeding.—August -Septcnil)er. By seeds. IHs- pereal.—Seeds carried by floods, etc. Eradi- cation.—Spud, and mow when in flower. Cicuta maculata is a Water Hem lock closely related to the Poison Hemlock, by which criminals and philosophers were put to death at Athens in ancient times. Spotted Cowbane is found in wet meadows, and is troublesome in hay fi, . *u ,- because it is poisonous to animal's that eat the hay. Another species, Cicuta hulbifera, (L), is common m swamps. The roots of both species are deadly poisonous. ^. Spottkd Cowiiank. .Musuii\sii K(x)T, Bkavhk Toison Cicuta maculala. (L). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not
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