. 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. 556 OOMPOSITAJS {COMPOSITE FAMILY) patches so thickly as to cover all the plants. In the experiments carried on at the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station by Professor Jones, it was found that as large a quantity of salt as eighteen pounds to the square rod may be used without serious injury to the grass; indeed the grass soon becomes all the finer when relieved of its crowding competitor, for th
. 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. 556 OOMPOSITAJS {COMPOSITE FAMILY) patches so thickly as to cover all the plants. In the experiments carried on at the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station by Professor Jones, it was found that as large a quantity of salt as eighteen pounds to the square rod may be used without serious injury to the grass; indeed the grass soon becomes all the finer when relieved of its crowding competitor, for the weed so smothers and "runs out" the grass that it does much more harm than a temporary check in growth from the salt treatment. Plants in roadsides and waste places should be looked after and destroyed. If possible, the sentiment of an entire neighborhood should be aroused against Orange Hawkweed, for, with a plant of this quality, the careful farmer is largely at the mercy of any slovenly cultivator who choosey to be regardless of communal welfare. FIELD HAWKWEED Hieracium pratense, Tauseh. Other English names: King Devil, Yellow Devil. Introduced. Perennial. Propa- gates by seeds and by stolons. Time of bloom: June to August. Seed-time: July to September. Range: Eastern Quebec to south- ern New York. Habitat: Fields, meadows, road- sides, and waste places. Not many years have passed since this immigrant from Europe landed in this country; its range is not as yet very extensive and it is to be hoped that it may not increase fast or far. Cattle re- fuse to eat the plant because of its bristly foliage and nauseous, bitter juices. Stems one to two feet tall, slen- der, bristly hairy, with two or three. Fig. 385.— Field Hawkweed {Hie- racium pratense). X £.. 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 origin
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