Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . s intodry fields and pastures in general. Itgrows from i to 2 feet high, branchesprofusely, and bears numerous whitedaisy-like flowers the rays of whichdroop back toward the stem in age, ex-posing the button-like yellow character, together with the finelydivided yarrow-like leaves readily dis-tinguish it. Dogs Fennel should meetwith the same fate, as all of its familyby being cut and destroyed before itsDogs Fennel. fruits are ripe. The plant when cut and cured until black, is readily eatenby cattle (55
Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . s intodry fields and pastures in general. Itgrows from i to 2 feet high, branchesprofusely, and bears numerous whitedaisy-like flowers the rays of whichdroop back toward the stem in age, ex-posing the button-like yellow character, together with the finelydivided yarrow-like leaves readily dis-tinguish it. Dogs Fennel should meetwith the same fate, as all of its familyby being cut and destroyed before itsDogs Fennel. fruits are ripe. The plant when cut and cured until black, is readily eatenby cattle (55). In family medicine, it has been used much like itsnear relative chamomile for colds (258, 267) and colic (21, 131,154.) The blossoms are also used in decoction for flux, either alone(55, 97) or mixed with the leaves of the Smartweed (124.) Theplant has been somewhat used for sore throat (224, 271,) and fordiphtheria (131) though probably not the true type of that leaves, bruised and bound upon the places affected, are said torelieve the pain of neuralgia (98.). 98. Yarrow. (P.) Achillea Millefolium, L. This weed is growing to be very common in this State, where its flat-topped clusters of white or slightly pinkish flowers, and its finely dissected leaves are becomingbut too thoroughly known. It is some-what aromatic and too strongly bitterfor our cattle to even nibble at it. Itshould be grubbed out in June andSeptember before its seed are ripe. Itsvalue as compost will be found on Page124 of Part 1, of this bulletin. The uses of this plant in domesticmedicine depend mostly upon its as-tringent and tonic properties havingbeen more or less curative in colds (66);croupy coughs (264); dysentery (112);dropsy (194) wasting haemorrhages(88); and in nocturnal eneuresis ofchildren (244.)
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