. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. 86 SEEDS AND FRUITS farms. Buckhorn, Ox-eye Daisy, and many other weeds are often first found along the railway. Seeds of various kinds are often carried in the packing around nursery stock. Quack Grass Canada Thistle, Ox-eye Daisy, and other weeds are often spread. Fig. 88. — Some spiny weed fruits which catch to the coats of animals, a, cow with tail loaded with weed fruits, h, fruits of Beggar-ticks (Bidens). c, spiny fruit of Burdock (Arctium Lappa). d, fruit of Comfrey {Symphytum). e, fruit of another Beggar-tick. Adapted from Bailey and from H
. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. 86 SEEDS AND FRUITS farms. Buckhorn, Ox-eye Daisy, and many other weeds are often first found along the railway. Seeds of various kinds are often carried in the packing around nursery stock. Quack Grass Canada Thistle, Ox-eye Daisy, and other weeds are often spread. Fig. 88. — Some spiny weed fruits which catch to the coats of animals, a, cow with tail loaded with weed fruits, h, fruits of Beggar-ticks (Bidens). c, spiny fruit of Burdock (Arctium Lappa). d, fruit of Comfrey {Symphytum). e, fruit of another Beggar-tick. Adapted from Bailey and from Hayden. in this way. Quack Grass is often carried in straw, and may be introduced on a farm by using straw for covering Grapes and Strawberries. Manure hauled from livery stables is a very im- portant means of introducing plants on the farms where the manure is used. In hauling hay along the highways, seeds of various kinds are dropped and from the highways the plants spread to the fields. Those weeds, such as Quack Grass, White Top, Field Sorrel, and others which are common in meadows, are often spread in this way. When the fields are wet, seeds. 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 Martin, John N. (John Nathan), b. 1875. New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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