. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1910, . Oxeye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum). Ox-eye Daisy. Another perennial with short, thick rootstocks, which have great vitality,is the Ox-eye Daisy, an importation from Europe. A large number of stems grow 48 APPEXDIX TO No. 43 from a single root, which vary in height from six inches to three feet The close to the stem, the lower ones being long and narrow and toothed alongtheir edges, bn the upper ones are small and without teeth. It is found growingmost luxuriantly m old meadows and can only be destroyed by ploughing up th!sod then cu
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1910, . Oxeye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum). Ox-eye Daisy. Another perennial with short, thick rootstocks, which have great vitality,is the Ox-eye Daisy, an importation from Europe. A large number of stems grow 48 APPEXDIX TO No. 43 from a single root, which vary in height from six inches to three feet The close to the stem, the lower ones being long and narrow and toothed alongtheir edges, bn the upper ones are small and without teeth. It is found growingmost luxuriantly m old meadows and can only be destroyed by ploughing up th!sod then cultivating as for the destruction of Couch Grass. It is propagatedchiefly by seeds m grass seeds and also bv pieces of the rootstock ^P^^^^^a. Bladder Campion (Silene inflata).Bladder Campion. ^ This perennial, while not spreading over the country as fast as some others,IS, nevertheless a bad weed, and should receive the farmers attention. It branches 1909 AGIUCULTUKAL SOCIETIES KEPOKT. 49 out jnst above the ground and grows from six inches to two feet high, with whiteflowers arranged in a loose panicle. The flower cup, which is veined and inflatedlike a bladder (whence the weeds name) serves to distinguish this plant fromotliers like it, such as the Annual Night Flowering Catchfly, the seed of whichis seen on the right of the illustration, that to the left being the Bladder Cam-pions. To destroy this weed use the same methods as employed for CanadaThistles and other creeping perennials. If the cultivator does not cut off the thickroots use the plough occasionally.
Size: 1185px × 2108px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorontariol, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookyear1910
