Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . Bitter Dock. (P.) Rimiex obtusifolius, L. This dock differs from the last in its broaderand blunt leaves not curled on the edges; its lessdense and smaller seeding panicles; and its morebranching dark root, on which account, itismuchharder to extract from the soil than the last, andluckily is also less prevalent. Remember mfighting these plants to anticipate the maturingof the seed by getting the docks out of the groundand into the compost heap before the last of not pull them up and leave them on theground
Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . Bitter Dock. (P.) Rimiex obtusifolius, L. This dock differs from the last in its broaderand blunt leaves not curled on the edges; its lessdense and smaller seeding panicles; and its morebranching dark root, on which account, itismuchharder to extract from the soil than the last, andluckily is also less prevalent. Remember mfighting these plants to anticipate the maturingof the seed by getting the docks out of the groundand into the compost heap before the last of not pull them up and leave them on theground, as the roots store up sufficient vitality tomature the seed after they are out of the dock has proven itself to be tonic,alterative and cathartic, for which properties it isoften used as a blood purifier (4, 14, 15, 57, 66,69, 94, 213, 220.) 168. Horse Sorrel Red Sorrel. Red-weed. (P.) Rumsx acetosella, need be said in the way of description of this dock to 286. Horse Sorrel. those who are but too well acquainted with RedLands, as thin illy-nourished fields are calledwhen this weed has taken full possession as itoften does, in such cases vieing with cinquefoilfor the honor of complete ascendency. We cannot properly say in such cases that it kills out thej* grass; the better way of looking at the matter isJFthat the land, though good enough for sorrel is^ not good enough for grass. Sorrel will, however,grow also in land that has been Ignore or less prop-erly prepared for forage plants or crops; in whichcases, it has been known to choke out both wheatand clover (172, 178.) The following account of the weed by theHon. Thomas Laurence, and Prof. W. M. Van-Sickle, of Sussex county, New Jersey, gives anidea of some of the influences that work for and against the soil:Enriched soil is not the natural home of the sorrel. On sandy,gravelly hills the plant seems to thrive at its best and is frequentlyan index of a soil not being able to bear profitable
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