. Weeds and weed seeds illustrated and described [microform]. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes; Mauvaises herbes; Weeds. .â yi^,-:%r-'i^.-fp WEEDS AM) WEED SEEDS. 37 Russian Pigweed {Axuria nmarnntoides L.) was first noticed in ("aniida in 1880, by the roadside at Ileadinfjly. Man., 14 miles west of Winnipeg, where it issaid tohavei)eeni)r'Might direct from Russia. It is now found along the railways throughout ijj,. the West, and has been s the lower end; many seeds have )apery envelope, projecting abovi' the top as a '2-lobed winjt:. lly found in commercial samples, s badly infested >hould be
. Weeds and weed seeds illustrated and described [microform]. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes; Mauvaises herbes; Weeds. .â yi^,-:%r-'i^.-fp WEEDS AM) WEED SEEDS. 37 Russian Pigweed {Axuria nmarnntoides L.) was first noticed in ("aniida in 1880, by the roadside at Ileadinfjly. Man., 14 miles west of Winnipeg, where it issaid tohavei)eeni)r'Might direct from Russia. It is now found along the railways throughout ijj,. the West, and has been s the lower end; many seeds have )apery envelope, projecting abovi' the top as a '2-lobed winjt:. lly found in commercial samples, s badly infested >hould be thoroughly summer-fallowed luno ra 1 «. lengthwise, ba !i close-fitting The se<'ds are 'asion Kniihaitinii. I'leh and the succeeding grain crop treated with tin inches high. iirrow when the plants are a few tiintifiiliii ('.W. Mey.) is an in several localities in the dryer is \:^': M,, !\i^- â ^tr'" Russian Thistle (S,;i,li, Knli L., var. annual introduced from Asia. It is abundant i parts of .Mberta and Saskatchewan, chiellv along , tin-guards and in neglected fields and is freciuently found, though not seriously troublesome, in the eastern provinco. Russian Thistle is a large, succulent weel thrives where the land is dry for other plants. It is bushy, of a prickly due to the thill, thread-like, prickl,-tipped le;nes which ch,ir,'icterize the young plant, ^ . ^ and the short triple, spiuy ' _ bnicts (in ihe (lowering j^^^^ ^^^^ branches of the older pLint-. y^^v ^^^B'rent ^^^^^^^ 'l"he young plant is dark green, 0^1^ the slender , about two ⢠inche- long, drop otT soon after the seed i> formed. The som'- what spheri.'al branched top of the mature i)lant. when broken away from the root. IS blown about b\ the wind .and sc;itters it> widelv. If is not a thi^le ;ind could be m( re appropri;\tely called a tumbleweed. Flowers , borne in theaxils of the leaves. The seed is about ,'â of an inch i
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