. Common weeds of Canada [microform] : a pocket guide. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes. COMMON WEEDS OF CANADA 113. Orangf Ilawkvveed, or Devil's Paint-brush, is a persistent perennial. It is a strious pest in ihe Eastern Townships of Ouehec, and is too common in It is u vigorous grower, throwing out many creeping branches close to the ground; and with iti; thick foliage crowds out grasses in pastures, mead- ows, and fields. In upland and mountain pastures, which cannot be plowed, this plant soon crowds out the grasses and renders the pastures useless. I
. Common weeds of Canada [microform] : a pocket guide. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes. COMMON WEEDS OF CANADA 113. Orangf Ilawkvveed, or Devil's Paint-brush, is a persistent perennial. It is a strious pest in ihe Eastern Townships of Ouehec, and is too common in It is u vigorous grower, throwing out many creeping branches close to the ground; and with iti; thick foliage crowds out grasses in pastures, mead- ows, and fields. In upland and mountain pastures, which cannot be plowed, this plant soon crowds out the grasses and renders the pastures useless. In land used for crops, plowing and cultivation will destroy it. On upland pasture or other uncultivated land salt broad-casted at the rate of l>ii tons per acre will destroy hawkweed without any injury to the grass. Another hawkweed. known as the Yellow Devil, is very prevalent in '., and in some sections is a terrible weed. Its scientific name is llicracium cladan- ^^dfj thum. It has been described by Mr. "''' Arvet-Touve, of Paris. It resemble H. very much, but h longer leaves and yellow flowers. Rough Hawkweed, Iliciaciuv scah- rtim, (L), which has small heads, a stout, leafy, rough-hairy stem, and peduncle and involucre densely elollnd with dark bristles, is common on dry sandy ground. Canada Hawkweed, H. canadetisc, (Michx.), has a simple, leafy stem, 1-,^ ft. high, downy peduncles, ovate-oblong leaves with a few coarse teeth, some what hairy, sessile or uppermost slightly clasping, and tapering towards the base. The flow- ers are yellow, and smaller than a fall dandelion head. It is found on river banks and in dry thickets. In England Devil's Paint-brush was called "Grimm the ; on accnunt of its black hairs, and after a comedy of the same title, which was popular during the reign of Ivlizabeth. Poth its common and generic names refer tc a superstition I<<)i- /liiiiiiium siiilium or rockv. Please note that these ima
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