Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . nding up slender leafless stems,which twine about the clover and obtain nour-ishment from it through the disks that aresoon developed. The lower part of the stemthen dies and connection with the ground islost. The yellow threads continue to devel-op rapidly until a circular patch of clover is covered by it, and thehost becomes so weakened by the loss of its sap that it finallyturns brown, dies and rots. The remedy is first to obtain a pure quality of clover seeds are similar to those of clover, but of s
Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . nding up slender leafless stems,which twine about the clover and obtain nour-ishment from it through the disks that aresoon developed. The lower part of the stemthen dies and connection with the ground islost. The yellow threads continue to devel-op rapidly until a circular patch of clover is covered by it, and thehost becomes so weakened by the loss of its sap that it finallyturns brown, dies and rots. The remedy is first to obtain a pure quality of clover seeds are similar to those of clover, but of smaller size andcapable of separation by screening. If a meadow is but slightlyinfested, each patch containing the parasite should be mowed anddestroyed as soon as seen, and if no plants are allowed to seed,the clover will be saved. When, however, a meadow is thoroughlysprinkled with dodder, the whole must be plowed and other cropsplanted for a few years, when all the dodder seeds will have germi-nated and died. Under no circumstances should an infested cropbe saved for Clover Dodder. I 29 Dodder. (A.) Cuscuta Gronovii, Willd. This ppculiar parasitic plant that twines about weeds andlow herbage in damp places, may be said to resemble a tangledskein of orange red yarn. Should this plant (which, rather than aweed, is often an enemy of them) attack crops, the drainage properto reclaim and render the lands upon which it is found more pro-ductive, would doubtless prevent its reappearance. POTATO AND TOMATO FAMILY. This family of mostly narcotic poisonous plants, such as hen-bane, tobacco, and belladonna; also furnishes us with some of ourmost useful vegetables: the potato, tomato and egg plant. 130. Nightshade. Bitter Sweet. (P.) Solatium Dulcamara, L. This common dooryard and garden weed that often escapes to ditches, moist banks, and fertile fields is characterized by its 274 dark green arrowhead shaped leaves and small blue flowers likethose of the potato. Its fruit is a re
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