Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . ess umbrella-like heads of small flowers; mostly fine or numer-ously cut leaves; and a peculiarly shaped double-winged seed, withridges and minute oil cells between. There are many aromaticforms in the family such as anise, coriander,fennel, lovage, etc.,andmany of the plants are poisons of greater or less virulence, thoughthis property is generally lost in cultivation or by cooking; like theparsnip, carrot, etc.; or by bleaching, like the celery. The peculiarpungent, rank odor of the bruised plants of any member o
Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . ess umbrella-like heads of small flowers; mostly fine or numer-ously cut leaves; and a peculiarly shaped double-winged seed, withridges and minute oil cells between. There are many aromaticforms in the family such as anise, coriander,fennel, lovage, etc.,andmany of the plants are poisons of greater or less virulence, thoughthis property is generally lost in cultivation or by cooking; like theparsnip, carrot, etc.; or by bleaching, like the celery. The peculiarpungent, rank odor of the bruised plants of any member of the fam-ily will serve as a point of recognition. 59. Wild Carrot. Devils Plague. (B.) Daucus Carota finely cut leaves, flat-topped white flower cluster andbirds nest-like fruiting cymes oi this most aggressive and perni-cious weed are becoming, so well known as to render a minutedescription of this plant unnecessary here. This species hasproven itself our most aggressive weed, being now representedin every county of the State. It is considered a new weed in Wood 239. Wild Carrot. (208); Wetzel,, in 1889 (33); Brooke(250); Morgan (175); Hampshire (171,216); Grant (242); Jackson (51,121);Pendleton, where it is being carefullywatched and exterminated (70,268);Greenbrier about Lewisburg, but hasnot yet reached Frankford, fourteenmiles from there; Summers (244); andHarrison counties. The seeds of thisplant are usually brought in grass andclover seed, and are disseminated inmany ways when once established. Theseeding heads curl up when ripe, en-closing the seeds until late in the seasonor even far into the winter, when becom-ing broken, the seeds are scattered farand wide during blustery weather; sometimes the whole head isbroken off and driven over the snow by the wind into adjoiningfields and pastures. Fifty thousand seeds have been counted upona single plant of the average size. The wild carrot being a weed of uncultivated places, mead-ows, pastures and waste spots, the m
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