Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . & P.) Physalis sp. Our sand) roadsides and garden spots serve as good groundsin which several species grow and increase. They are generallycharacterized by their tomato-like growth and flowers; and their 2-celled red, yellow, orange, or greenish berries enclosed in an in-flated bull or pod, which is really the enlarged calyx of theflower. How pernicious these weeds may become is not yet known;it is therefore b<st to clear them all out before the fruits are ma-tured. The berries are claimed to be edible, but any
Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . & P.) Physalis sp. Our sand) roadsides and garden spots serve as good groundsin which several species grow and increase. They are generallycharacterized by their tomato-like growth and flowers; and their 2-celled red, yellow, orange, or greenish berries enclosed in an in-flated bull or pod, which is really the enlarged calyx of theflower. How pernicious these weeds may become is not yet known;it is therefore b<st to clear them all out before the fruits are ma-tured. The berries are claimed to be edible, but any such use ofthem is unnecessary, and might prove to bear ill effects. The plantsare all diuretic and may prove efficient in some forms of kidneytroubles. 134. APPLE-OF-PJSRTJ (A.) Nicandraphysaloides, (Z.), Gaertn. This plant bears considerable resemblance to some species ofthe last, but differs in the nearly entire border of the blue flowers,and in its 3-5-celled dry berry. It is a weed of gardens and wasteplaces from whence it should be cut and removed before 27b 135- JlMSON-WEED. JAME 3T0WN-WEED. THORN APPLE. (A.) Datura Stramonium, and tat u la, is not acquainted with the rank odorous growth of thiscommon weed, with its funnel shaped flowers and thorny, egg-shaped pods! It is a prominent weed ofwaste grounds about dwellings, a characterthat plainly evidences the ease with whichit can be exterminated by cultivation or cut-ting before the seeds are ripe. This is one of our most poisonous weeds,land should be eradicated upon that accountI if no other. It has met with considerableuse as a domestic remedy for various troublesbut should be given with great care. Theleaves either alone or with those of the elderare often used to prevent or heal galls inhorses by being placed under that portion ofthe harness that is causing the trouble (98,165, 284); also as a poultice for bruises, Jimsoti \\ eed. . a . ,1En nrt*ts •*. sprains, and inflammations (150, «/7) itsact
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