Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . Wild Lettuce. 114. Sow-thistle. (A) So/ichus oleraceus, Sow This tie A weed of our gardens, fields andwaste places somewhat resembling in thecharacter of its flowers the last species. Ithas, however, broader leaves which areless deeply incised and whk:h partly claspthe stem by ear-like projections of the base;larger flowers, and a general color some-what resembling that of the cabbage. This weed is somewhat new on mostof our lands, and should be kept fromspreading by careful watchfulness and cut-ting the plants
Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . Wild Lettuce. 114. Sow-thistle. (A) So/ichus oleraceus, Sow This tie A weed of our gardens, fields andwaste places somewhat resembling in thecharacter of its flowers the last species. Ithas, however, broader leaves which areless deeply incised and whk:h partly claspthe stem by ear-like projections of the base;larger flowers, and a general color some-what resembling that of the cabbage. This weed is somewhat new on mostof our lands, and should be kept fromspreading by careful watchfulness and cut-ting the plants before the flowers expand. bellflower family. 115. Lobelia. Indian Tobacco. Wild Ipecac. (A. or B.) Lobelia inflata. L. This well-known medicinal herb of low branching growth with small blue flowery and comparatively large inflated papery pods filled with minute blackish seeds, is almost a universal autumn 267 weed of our grass lands and road-sides. On newly cleared un-ploughed lands, sown to grass, it springs up luxuriantly (273) andparticularly enjoys hillsides and fallows. The only method bywhich it can be eradicated is late summ
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