. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Chickweed sunshine and soon give way to capsules full of seeds. These seed capsules are the only piece of neat workmanship about the sprawling, shiftless looking plant. One sees at first a little green cone set on a flaring base, but the transverse line dividing base from cap shows plainly. This cap protects the form- ing seeds, but when they have r
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Chickweed sunshine and soon give way to capsules full of seeds. These seed capsules are the only piece of neat workmanship about the sprawling, shiftless looking plant. One sees at first a little green cone set on a flaring base, but the transverse line dividing base from cap shows plainly. This cap protects the form- ing seeds, but when they have ripened it falls off, leaving the prettiest little urn or vase "jam-full " of tiny, russet brown seeds. These are so small, so nearly the color of the earth, and tumble so easily from the little urns to slip into crannies of the soil, that the weed can hardly be touched without plant- ing hundreds of seeds. Therefore the only way to prevent having a crop of " pusley " next year is to see that no plant is allowed to mature seed this year. Such a thing is possible, but it requires close watching and continuous, careful tillage. Some people consider that purslane makes a palatable " dish of greens," but there are many plants so much worthier for this purpose that it should never be given a place in the garden for that use. Chickweed, or Starwort (Siellaria media).—The "book-name" of this modest but persistent and hardy little weed is derived from the star-shaped form of its tiny white blossoms, and the common name has been given because of the fondness of all birds, from chickens to canaries, for all parts of the plant, but particularly for its well-filled little seed capsules. Its range extends from the Mexican border nearly to the Arctic Circle, and it is in bloom and sowing its seeds nearly the whole year round. The writer picked a thrifty stem, bearing buds, flowers and seeds, in the month of January, 1910. Its weak, creeping stems are
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