. Common weeds of Canada [microform] : a pocket guide. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes. COMMON W EEDS OF CANADA "Oh, not in Ladies' jjardi-ns, My peasant ptH'sy! Smik' thy dear bhic eyes, Nor only nearer to the skies— In uplan • pastures, dim and sweet, Hut bv tne dusty road Where tired feet Toil to and fro; Where flaunting sin May see thy heavenly hue. Or weary sorrow look from thee Toward a more tender ; 107 HONRSUT. OR THOROUGHWORT. ICufmtonmu ptrfoliatinn. (L). Root.—Stoui. tdUKli, and filuous Stem.—Erect. 2-4 feci liiKlt, stout, liairy Lea
. Common weeds of Canada [microform] : a pocket guide. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes. COMMON W EEDS OF CANADA "Oh, not in Ladies' jjardi-ns, My peasant ptH'sy! Smik' thy dear bhic eyes, Nor only nearer to the skies— In uplan • pastures, dim and sweet, Hut bv tne dusty road Where tired feet Toil to and fro; Where flaunting sin May see thy heavenly hue. Or weary sorrow look from thee Toward a more tender ; 107 HONRSUT. OR THOROUGHWORT. ICufmtonmu ptrfoliatinn. (L). Root.—Stoui. tdUKli, and filuous Stem.—Erect. 2-4 feci liiKlt, stout, liairy Leaves. ()i)iM)siti', in pairs, united at tlie l)ase around the stem, wide spreadinK, lame-sliaiicd, serrate very veiny and somewhat wrinkled, .')-s inches long. Dull white: small and numerous heads crowded in a dense coryml). Fruit. Head of .")-anKled achenes. Seeds. ' inch long, dull brownish-hiack, ridRed; tuft of downv, tawnv hairs at one end. Perennial. Flowering. 'August—Octo- tier. Seeding. Septemljcr- .\oveml)er. Propagation.—Hv seeds Dispersal.—Seeds carried hv winds. Eradication.—Spud' null draiii. II. Boneset. or Thorough wort, is found in low meadows, in ditches, and along streams. It was dedicated to Eupator .Mith ridates, who is said to have used the European species in medicine. Probably the efficacy of this herb is not over- rated. The Indians were the first to discover its virtues, and they called it Ague Weed. The name Roneset was given the weed because once it was much used in curing a disease peculiar to the Southern States, called "break- bone ; Iti this country not many years ago, and in some sections even to-day, one could see the attic or wood- ""nkskt. or thoroikhi shed of many a fami-housi- hung with Hupaior,um^^rM,„„.m. a-i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these i
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