. Weeds and weed seeds illustrated and described [microform]. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes; Mauvaises herbes; Weeds. m^-^^w^jmw'^^^ 60 WEEDS AND WEED SEEDS. ^^â f Fall Dandelion or August Flower (Leontodon (iutumri( L.) is a peren- nial introdueed friim Kiirope. Atiundunt in tlie Maritinie Provinces and parts <if (iuet)ee and rec;rass. Hootstock short and thick, fre(iuently divided !Â¥ A \J' *y '"*" ^fveral heads, each of which hears a tliick U ^'^f I '"''' "^ ftl>"<l leaves, "' " somewhat reseinhlintt t hose of Common Dande- lion, and several few-tl
. Weeds and weed seeds illustrated and described [microform]. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes; Mauvaises herbes; Weeds. m^-^^w^jmw'^^^ 60 WEEDS AND WEED SEEDS. ^^â f Fall Dandelion or August Flower (Leontodon (iutumri( L.) is a peren- nial introdueed friim Kiirope. Atiundunt in tlie Maritinie Provinces and parts <if (iuet)ee and rec;rass. Hootstock short and thick, fre(iuently divided !Â¥ A \J' *y '"*" ^fveral heads, each of which hears a tliick U ^'^f I '"''' "^ ftl>"<l leaves, "' " somewhat reseinhlintt t hose of Common Dande- lion, and several few-tlow- ered. hranched. le.'dless, scaly stems. Flower heads over I in. across, hrijiht yellow. The seed is J in. lonn. lirown, linear, not lieaked. rihix'd length- wise, marked with fine , pappus dirty white, in one row of feathery hristles. length of the M^i-y\ itself. The seeds are mostly tiV the crops are liarvested anil seldoni occur in commercial seeds. KrmUailiou. Fields infested with this weed should lie l)rou|iht undv ^i^ lines crosswise r aliout the liefore the Common Dandelion (Tamiwum offinnah- Weher) is a well-known pest of all louK-si'ttled districts. |t is very common in lawns and almost impossible to eradicate when thorounhly estalilished. It differs from Fall Dandelion in havintj lonjt, deep, ta|)erin({ roots, every part of which, if hroken otT. will throw i>ut leaves and form new plants, as well as in having hollow, sinnle-headed flower stalks. Tlie see I is ahoul i of an 'U'- ' f ""<'â¢â¢ li<t£, spindle-shaped, ridij( I lengthwise, the ridtjes ,y ⢠i roudhened with upwardly directed, ritfid spines de- "â * â ⢠j V â <''"<"l^in|£ in size from the top to the liase of the seed. Y' -^x y where th-<' sulphui-yeHow. -mailer head- of flower-, and seed-. Knulnalm,,. It is important to prevent danlions from -eedinu in land.^ to lawn-. Though eniailinit mu
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