American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . ces this species grows two feet high,and its perennial root forms a large stool. TheRib-grass cannot be classed among the worstweeds, as it is eaten by animals, and is notparticularly aggressive. The chief harm it doesis to occupy the soil to the exclusion of otherplants. It has been recommended as a forageplant, but is so inferior in quality and product-iveness that it is at present not esteemed. Inclover fields it is often the most abundant weed,being generally sown with the seed. Theseed of the clover and the Rib-STass are so near
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . ces this species grows two feet high,and its perennial root forms a large stool. TheRib-grass cannot be classed among the worstweeds, as it is eaten by animals, and is notparticularly aggressive. The chief harm it doesis to occupy the soil to the exclusion of otherplants. It has been recommended as a forageplant, but is so inferior in quality and product-iveness that it is at present not esteemed. Inclover fields it is often the most abundant weed,being generally sown with the seed. Theseed of the clover and the Rib-STass are so near- ly alike in size that their separation is difficult,and as they resemble one another in color, thepresence of the weed seed is not noticed inordinary inspection. A magnifier of moderatepower shows the difference at once; the seed ofthe clover is in shape somewhat like a miniaturebean and alike on both sides, while that of theRib-grass is convex on one side and concave onthe other. Prof. Buckman, of England, whosome years ago made a careful examination of. RIB-GRASS—(Plantago lanceolata.) the seeds in the London markets, found RedClover seed to contain from one million to twoand a half millions of Rib-grass seeds to thebushel, quite enough, should the seed start be-fore that of the clover, to stock the laud. Anexamination of samples of seed from our bestdealers showed them to be remarkably freefrom seed of Rib-grass, as well as other weeds. The White French TriiNiP.—The peopleof the State of Rhode Island and ProvidencePlantation have long had a most excellent va-riety of turnip, known as the White says that it came in with the Frenchfleet in the Revolution. However that may be,it was mainly a Rhode Island institution until,some years ago, we distributed it far and wideamong our seed premiums, and we have learnedfrom numerous sources of the satisfaction itgave. It is a white winter turnip, and raised thesame as rutabagas, to which it is vastly o
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