. The Indiana weed book. Weeds. Fig. 89. (After of the most troublesome of corn-field weeds. In pastures it is also very common and annoying, often growing in patches so thick as to monopolize the soil. Nothing but sheep among live stock will eat it, and they feed mostly upon the berries and so scatter widely the seeds. It is attacked by a leaf-beetle (Lep- tinotarm juncta Germ.) very similar to the Colorado potato beetle. This beetle also preys upon some of the ground- cherries, but unfortunately it is not very common. The plant* is so tenacious of life that it is almost impossible to
. The Indiana weed book. Weeds. Fig. 89. (After of the most troublesome of corn-field weeds. In pastures it is also very common and annoying, often growing in patches so thick as to monopolize the soil. Nothing but sheep among live stock will eat it, and they feed mostly upon the berries and so scatter widely the seeds. It is attacked by a leaf-beetle (Lep- tinotarm juncta Germ.) very similar to the Colorado potato beetle. This beetle also preys upon some of the ground- cherries, but unfortunately it is not very common. The plant* is so tenacious of life that it is almost impossible to eradicate where it once gets a good start, as it never relinquishes any ground once occupied. One farmer in Lawrence County stated that he had proven "that their roots will live 10 years under a heap of sawdust and grow as soon as the dust is ; The first specimen on farms not already in- fested should be promptly de- stroyed. Remedies: repeated cut- ting with hoe or spud and salting; alternate cultivation and heavy cropping with clover. 92. Solanum bostkatum Dunal. Texas Nettle. Prickly Potato. Buffalo-bur. Prickly Night- shade. (A. N. 1.) Erect, branching, 1-2 feet high, very thickly armed with yellow, awl- shaped prickles and densely covered with 5-8-rayed hairs; leaves 2-5 inches long, more or less divided or cnt-lobed. Flowers in loose clusters of 3-5, yellow, about 1 inch broad; calyx densely prickly, surrounding and wholly enclosing the borry, its prickles Fig. 90. fl, 9pray of matOTe plant with flowm mi becoming as long as the fruit. Seeds fruit; 6, flower; c, seed. (After Dewey.) kidney-form., black or greenish,. 1/10 inch long, strongly pitted. (Fi'g. 9Q.). 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 resemble the original Blatchley, W. S. (Willis Stanley), 1859-1940. Indianapolis, The Nature publis
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