. Wayside weeds, or, Botanical lessons from the lanes and hedgerows : with a chapter on classification . Botany; Wild flowers. WAYSIDE WEEDS, 177 With some little resemblance to tlie grasses, the sedges are yet very different, as the descriptions prove, and more diverse still in their useful import. Comparatively, the sedge has rarely any economical value : the grass tribes, directly or indirectly, are the staple of man's material life,. Fio. 105.—Carex striota, or Tufted Bog-8cdge : a, barren spike; h 4, ferUle spikes; c, d, scales of perianth; e, frnit, or seed;/, section of stem. Important,
. Wayside weeds, or, Botanical lessons from the lanes and hedgerows : with a chapter on classification . Botany; Wild flowers. WAYSIDE WEEDS, 177 With some little resemblance to tlie grasses, the sedges are yet very different, as the descriptions prove, and more diverse still in their useful import. Comparatively, the sedge has rarely any economical value : the grass tribes, directly or indirectly, are the staple of man's material life,. Fio. 105.—Carex striota, or Tufted Bog-8cdge : a, barren spike; h 4, ferUle spikes; c, d, scales of perianth; e, frnit, or seed;/, section of stem. Important, however, as the second or gramineous division of the British Olvmacem may be, we must dismiss it with but short notice. It would be quite useless to attempt to discriminate for a beginner the. 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 Thomson, Spencer, fl. 1848-1883. London : Groombridge
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