Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . impossible in grass lands where cultiva-tion is out of the question. Should, however, the plant becometoo numerous, then thorough cultivation for successive crops is theonly measure that will rid the soil of it. The leaves in early spring are much used as a pot herb andas such are ver3 palatable. The leaves are eaten raw or cooked,by the Digger and Apache Indians who value them so high y thatthey scour the country for many days journey in search of sufficientto appease their appetite. So great is their love for the
Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . impossible in grass lands where cultiva-tion is out of the question. Should, however, the plant becometoo numerous, then thorough cultivation for successive crops is theonly measure that will rid the soil of it. The leaves in early spring are much used as a pot herb andas such are ver3 palatable. The leaves are eaten raw or cooked,by the Digger and Apache Indians who value them so high y thatthey scour the country for many days journey in search of sufficientto appease their appetite. So great is their love for the plant, thatthe quantity consumed by a single individual exceeds belief. Inmany parts of Europe, especially in Germany, the dried roots areroasted and substituted for coffee by the poorer inhabitants, whofind that an infusion prepared in this way can hardly be distinguishedfrom that of the coffee berry. Medicinally, in this State, the rootis used in liver troubles (25, 188); as a blood purifier (11); and asa diuretic in kidney affections (21, 103, 104, 111, 124, 181). 265. ii2. Skeleton-Weed. Naked Weed. Hog-bite. Devils Grass. (P.) Chondrilla juncea, Old World weed is very little known in the UnitedStates except along the northern borders of our State, whence itextends into Virginia and Maryand. Althoughthe distinction of growing this plant belongsalmost wholly to us, we do not particularly prideourselves in it as a production of our soil. The common names of this plant as givenby my correspondents more or less characterize? its nature. It grows so rush-like, erect, andnearly destitute of leaves, that a clomp of it hasan appearance of striking nakedness not to benoticed in any other plant of our filds. This char-acter, together with the prickly appearance ofthe stem near the root, and the copious milk thatexudes from the stems when wounded, strikesone with the oddity of this plant, thus invitingquestions by farmers as to its name and Weed. its naked stem
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