Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . of the lambsquarter, says Mr. J. R. Dodge, are collectedby the Navajoes, the Pueblo Indians of NewMexico, all the tribes of Arizona, the Diggers ofCalifornia, and the Utahs, and boiled as herbsalone, or with other food. Large quantities arealso eaten in the raw state. The seeds of thisplant are gathered by many tribes, dried, groundinto flour, and made into bread or mush. They are very small, ofa gray color, and not unpleasant when eaten raw. The peculiarcolor of the flower imparts to the bread a very dirty look an
Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . of the lambsquarter, says Mr. J. R. Dodge, are collectedby the Navajoes, the Pueblo Indians of NewMexico, all the tribes of Arizona, the Diggers ofCalifornia, and the Utahs, and boiled as herbsalone, or with other food. Large quantities arealso eaten in the raw state. The seeds of thisplant are gathered by many tribes, dried, groundinto flour, and made into bread or mush. They are very small, ofa gray color, and not unpleasant when eaten raw. The peculiarcolor of the flower imparts to the bread a very dirty look and whenbaked in ashes it is not improved in appearance. It resemblesbuckwheat in color and taste and is regarded as equally nutritious. 164. WORM-SEED. (a.) Chenopodium ambrosoides, var. anthelmin- ticum, (Z.), Gray. Another member of this family noted for its strongly aromatic odor, and worm expelling properties. Its lower leaves are strongly toothed, the upper lance-shaped and entire; its flowers are little, bud-like growths clustered irregularly along stems projecting from. Lambs Quarters. 284 the axils of the leaves. This weed should be attended to at thesame time and in the same manner as the last two species. Its principal domestic usa has been that of the leaves andseeds as a vermifuge for which it is considered one of the bestknown. The leaves steeped in vinegar make an excellent appli-cation for sprains, bruises, and local inflamations. POKEWEBD FAMILY. 165. Poke-weed. (P.) Phytolacca deca?idra. L. This well known rank, red-stemmed and berried weed is use-ful in many ways, but especially when grubbed out of our farmlands, composted and returned thereto, as it shows the highest man-urial value of any weed yet analysed (see page 123 part 1). Thepoke is one of our particularly troublesome weeds and should begrubbed up and composted annually before its fruits are formed; itwill pay the farmer several times the value of the time sx> expendedupon it. Sheep eat the berries
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