. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. 416 COMPOSITAE {COMPOSITE FAMILY) Means of control In crops where thorough and late cultivation may be practiced, this weed is not difficult of suppression; but in tobacco fields, where care must be exercised in order to keep the large lower leaves of the crop uninjured, late tillage is a danger, and hand- pulling is the only practicable way of destroying late-blooming plants before the development o
. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. 416 COMPOSITAE {COMPOSITE FAMILY) Means of control In crops where thorough and late cultivation may be practiced, this weed is not difficult of suppression; but in tobacco fields, where care must be exercised in order to keep the large lower leaves of the crop uninjured, late tillage is a danger, and hand- pulling is the only practicable way of destroying late-blooming plants before the development of JOE-PYE WEED Eupatbrium purpiireum, L. Other English names: Trumpetweed, Feverweed, Purple Boneset, Queen-of-the-Meadow, Gravel-root, Kidney-root. Native. Perennial. Propagates by seeds. •Time of bloom: August to September. Seed-time: September to November. Range: New Brunswick to Manitoba, southward to Florida and Texas. Habitat: Damp meadows, moist woods and thickets, sides of streams and ditcfies. Joe Pye was an Indian "herb doctor" of early days in New England, who is said to have performed many marvelous cures, mostly with decoctions of this herb. However that may be, its woody, fibrous, blackish roots, gathered in au- tumn and carefully dried, are still saK able in the drug market for two to four cents a pound. Stem round, smooth or sometimes finely grooved, slender for its height of three to ten feet, usually purple, simple or with a few branches at the top. Leaves arranged in whorls of three to six, long-ovate, thin, smooth except for a slight hairiness of the veins beneath, finely scallop-toothed, tapering to short, slim petioles. Heads small, in rather Fig. 291. — Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum). 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 perfectly resemble the original Georgia, Ada Eljiva, 18
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