. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. GRAMINEAE (GRASS FAMILY) 55 somewhat weak and flaccid, often decumbent at the lower joints, very profusely branched. Sheaths shorter than the internodes, the ligule a ring of short hairs; blades three to ten inches long, a quarter-inch to a half- inch wide, flat. Panicles three to ten inches long, with many spreading branches, densely flowered, grayish green. Spikelets ten- to forty-flowered, the flo
. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. GRAMINEAE (GRASS FAMILY) 55 somewhat weak and flaccid, often decumbent at the lower joints, very profusely branched. Sheaths shorter than the internodes, the ligule a ring of short hairs; blades three to ten inches long, a quarter-inch to a half- inch wide, flat. Panicles three to ten inches long, with many spreading branches, densely flowered, grayish green. Spikelets ten- to forty-flowered, the florets closely imbricated, the glumes acute and keeled. Seeds reddish, very small, when ripe dropping readily from the spikelets and seeding the soil for the crop of the next year; a common impurity of timothy and other small grass seeds. (Fig. 25.) Means of control Small areas, in yards, roadsides, and waste places, should be hoe-cut or hand-pulled while the grass is in first bloom. Hay from rankly infested meadows, though not so strong-scented as the green grass, is wiry and weedy, and of such inferior quality that it is most profitable when turned under the ground for the purpose of fertilizing a better crop. CHESS OR CHEAT Brbmus secallnus, L. Wheat-thief, Williard's. Fig. 25. — Stink- Grass (Eragrostis me- gastachya). x i. Propagates by seeds. Other English names: Brome Grass. Introduced. Annual or winter annual Time of bloom: June to July. Seed-time: July to August. Range: Throughout North America wherever grain is grown. Habitat: Grain fields, waste places. Probably the first settler who planted a wheat field in America sowed some seeds of Chess with it and the practice still continues. Some farmers believed that wheat changed into Chess as it grew, but it is needless to say that such a miracle never happened. The. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of thes
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