. The Indiana weed book. Weeds. 120 THE INDIANA WEED BOOK. flowers have been seen as early as March 18. Then, while sitting on an old log. I have had Ivy flowers besMe me peep Upward through the ether blue, Seeing stars which ever keep Hidden close from human view. It is common in Europe and among the Swiss, when worn on the person in company with rue, agrimony, maiden-hair and broom straw, is thought to confer fine vision and to point out the pres- ence of witches. The foliage was used in England until the time of Henry VI17 to clarify and give a flavor to ale, but at that period was replaced
. The Indiana weed book. Weeds. 120 THE INDIANA WEED BOOK. flowers have been seen as early as March 18. Then, while sitting on an old log. I have had Ivy flowers besMe me peep Upward through the ether blue, Seeing stars which ever keep Hidden close from human view. It is common in Europe and among the Swiss, when worn on the person in company with rue, agrimony, maiden-hair and broom straw, is thought to confer fine vision and to point out the pres- ence of witches. The foliage was used in England until the time of Henry VI17 to clarify and give a flavor to ale, but at that period was replaced by hops. The odor of the leaves is exhaled freely and is strongly penetrating and peculiar, yet pleasing to him who, through long experience, has learned to expect it on his daily walks. The plant is very difficult to eradicate, and where found in lawns and yards, resodding or spading and reseeding must be done, while in fields fences should be removed and thorough cultivation used. 55. Leonurtjs cabdiaca Tj. Motherwort. (P. I. 2.) Stem rather stout, erect, somewhat branched, 2-5 feet tall; lower leaves rounded, slender-stalked, 2-5 cleft.' Flowers in dense whorls, in the axils of the narrower 3-cleft upper leaves; calyx teeth spiny-tipped; corolla pale purple, upper lip concave, white woolly, lower one purple dotted; stamens 4, the lower or front pair the longer. Nutlets 3-sided, 1/12 inch long, dark, smooth. (Fig. 83.) This is another common social weed, occurring" about the sites of old houses, barnyards, fence-rows and waste places in dry or sandy soils. June—Sept. Like the catnip and ground ivy it was brought from Europe, but is more unsightly and useless than either of them. It was once much used in nervous and hysterical complaints and an infusion of its leaves taken at bedtime is said to produce sleep. In March one often sees standing stiffly erect, like brown monuments of the past, the 4-angled stems of last year's motherwort. On them the dry fruit is in dense
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