Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . 7 itspurple stem, slender habit, and pun-gently aromatic odor. Nearly everyyear some account may be seen in thePress of the country, of cases of poi-soning of children from eating of theroot; and on this account, if no other,this and every member of this familyshould be grubbed out from the farmlands the moment they are of poisoning are:Pain in the bowels ; vomiting, followedby violent continuous convulsions : dila-Cow-bane. tion of the pupils; frothing at the mouth, and 241 64. Harbi
Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . 7 itspurple stem, slender habit, and pun-gently aromatic odor. Nearly everyyear some account may be seen in thePress of the country, of cases of poi-soning of children from eating of theroot; and on this account, if no other,this and every member of this familyshould be grubbed out from the farmlands the moment they are of poisoning are:Pain in the bowels ; vomiting, followedby violent continuous convulsions : dila-Cow-bane. tion of the pupils; frothing at the mouth, and 241 64. Harbinger-of-spring. (B) Erigenia bulbosa, Nutt. This little vernal member of the family L should hardly con-sider a weed had I not noticed last spring two cornfields in thiscounty absolutely covered with it. It is a low, smooth, almoststemless, few flowered plant, springing from a deep round plant would hardly persist in lands subjected to cultivationespecially if properly drained. SPIKENARD FAMILY. Plants of this family bear some little resemblance to thoseof the last; differing mostly in bearing berry-like fruits instead ofseed-like carpels. 65. Angelica Tree. Hercules Club. (P) Aralia spinosa, L. This large shrub or low tree with its immense pompon-likemasses of small white flowers, and stout prickly stems and stalks,bears some resemblance to the sumac when in flower. It gener-ally grows along the banks of runs, or large streams, though-1 havemet with it frequently on hillsides and in pasture lands far fromany stream ; it thus shows points in aggressiveness whic
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