. Noxious weeds and how to destroy them [microform]. Weeds; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Mauvaises herbes. N. ^. Bia'letm I IS. Stink Wkkd, Penny Cress, "Pbench ; No weed is better known in Manitoba than this with its rank smell, dark green smooth leaves, clusters of small whit^ flowers and early ripening, yellowish, flattened pods, each one about the size and shape of a five cent piece and con- taining 16 seeds. The rank, nauseous odour of this plant, the rapidity with which It spreads, and the almost incredi- ble diffaculty of eradicating it when once established
. Noxious weeds and how to destroy them [microform]. Weeds; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Mauvaises herbes. N. ^. Bia'letm I IS. Stink Wkkd, Penny Cress, "Pbench ; No weed is better known in Manitoba than this with its rank smell, dark green smooth leaves, clusters of small whit^ flowers and early ripening, yellowish, flattened pods, each one about the size and shape of a five cent piece and con- taining 16 seeds. The rank, nauseous odour of this plant, the rapidity with which It spreads, and the almost incredi- ble diffaculty of eradicating it when once established, make it important that its appearance should be known to everyone so that no effort may be spared to destroy every plant as soon as noticed. T learn from Mr. Angus Mackay that this terri- ble pest IS spreading rapidly in the Ter- ritories. He says :—•' I find Stink Weed 18 a more difficult weed to kill and is spreading more even than the Tumblinc ; Seeds germinate in autumn and plants actually in flower when winter sets in, will mature their pods the follow- ing spring. There are frequently two crops of seed in a season. The only way to clean land of this pest is to adopt some treatment by which the seeds are made to germinate and the young plants are destroyed l)efore they can ripen fresh seeds Plants with fully formed pods should never be ploughed in, and when a field 18 found to be badly infested with tins weed, before ploughing it should be mowed closely and the weeds at once carefully collected into one spot. They should then be burnt as soon as they are dry enough. It is not a very easy'weed to burn and many of the seeds will re- main on the ground uninjured after the ^^- Particular attention must, there- stink Weed. fore, be paid to the spot for some time. 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 resembl
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