. Elements of agriculture; a text-book for public schools. Agriculture. 102 ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURE. spring. In the former case it lives through the win- ter and ripens the next season. The pods are flat, circular, winged, one-half inch in diameter, and con- tain about sixteen brown seeds, one-twelfth of an inch long. As the plant approaches maturity the leaves drop off and their work is done by the large, green pods. The plant varies from two inches to nearly three feet in height, and bears from one to five thousand pods. It seeds in dense timothy sod al- most as well as in untouched summer f
. Elements of agriculture; a text-book for public schools. Agriculture. 102 ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURE. spring. In the former case it lives through the win- ter and ripens the next season. The pods are flat, circular, winged, one-half inch in diameter, and con- tain about sixteen brown seeds, one-twelfth of an inch long. As the plant approaches maturity the leaves drop off and their work is done by the large, green pods. The plant varies from two inches to nearly three feet in height, and bears from one to five thousand pods. It seeds in dense timothy sod al- most as well as in untouched summer fallow. It thrives in waste places, and is at home in In gen- 'lo^JSZl cane? â¢"en- ^ral, it should be treated as yel- â¢â¢^°nf'â¢â 'P^l^oSe! low mustard. ^'L'Sl^hiTlr''^";,rl'i'S (11) Great Ragweed; King- This illustrates why i i rm ⢠i . ⢠i botanists persist in us- head. This plant IS an annual, ing Latin names for all t . , ⢠i ⢠i ^^ o ⢠plants and animals, and attams a height 01 SIX or This plant reproduces ⢠i , p , tj^ i only by seed, and the evcu eight lect. its Icavcs are winged pods provide a . -r. ⢠â > . splendid means for scat- large and deeply cut. It IS best tering the seeds. See North Dakota Experi- knOWn On aCCOUnt of itS ment Station Bulletin No. 56. ''seeds" or akenes. These are light in weight, yellowish or brownish, one-fourth inch long, and have an encircling row of projections,. !':Sts\Jt'SrotVZ?r-. fl« and wheat fields I. 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 Shepperd, John H. (John Henry), 1869-1939; McDowell, J. C. (John Chambers), 1867-1943, joint author. St. Paul, Minn. , Webb Publishing Company
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