. Common weeds of Canada [microform] : a pocket guide. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes. COMMON WEHDS OF 25 Propagation.â ines; uls un ith utits unci t will grow almost any tality, anil the soil for oats ct-real out of thi- sible; and Lire should t the land ? fallowed the culti stiallow to may have yers of the â n be sown led. ena sativa, Europe. L). ect, simple, Leaves.â rough on )wny above. of charac- rading pan- two ranks: I and acute; esenibling a )n.âWinter ipagation.â adication.â lich can be I the fall. The idea is erron- 1 mature 3Ugh the plant b
. Common weeds of Canada [microform] : a pocket guide. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes. COMMON WEHDS OF 25 Propagation.â ines; uls un ith utits unci t will grow almost any tality, anil the soil for oats ct-real out of thi- sible; and Lire should t the land ? fallowed the culti stiallow to may have yers of the â n be sown led. ena sativa, Europe. L). ect, simple, Leaves.â rough on )wny above. of charac- rading pan- two ranks: I and acute; esenibling a )n.âWinter ipagation.â adication.â lich can be I the fall. The idea is erron- 1 mature 3Ugh the plant be only a few inches high. The seed possesses great vitality, and is often found in wheat and rye. Flour made from ehess is dark-colored, and has narcotic principles. Follow methods of eradication as for Foxtail. COUCH. QUACK. Agropyron re pens, (L). RootâWhite, jointed, cieeping rootstocks which penetrate far and deeply into the ground and possess great vitality; per- ennial. Stem.â.\scending, leafy, l>i-:i feet high. Leaves.â Flat, ruughish above; upper ones broader than those springing from the r'xjt. Flowers.â4-8 green-flowered, alternate spikclets, in a spike ;{-8 inches long; glumes empty, equal and opposite. Fruit. âA grain. Seeds.âAbout >2 inch long, and slender, somewhat resembling oats. Duration.âPerennial. Flowering.âJune âJuly. Seeding. â J uly â Septeml>er. Propagation.âBy seeds and offsets from underground stems. Dispersal.âBy se- Is in grain and hay; by running rootstocks; often carried through cultivation. Eradi- cation.âI'low shallow in summer; cm- ploy hoe-crops. Couch, Quack, Twitch, or Skutch Grass has a very bad reputation. Whatever value it may have for fodder purposes, its habit of taking and keeping possession of the soil makes it extremely objectionable. It is found in fields, gardens and hoe-crops everywhere. It flourishes best in loamy soils, from which it is especially diflicult to eradicate. To exterminate c
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