. Botany, an elementary text for schools. Botany. 374. The return to forest. Bushes and trees now begin to crowd. 362. In a large newly cleared area plants usually first establish themselves in dense colonies. Note the great patches of nettles, jewel-weeds, smart-weeds, clot- burs, fire-weeds in recently cleared but neglected swales, also the fire-weeds in recently burned areas, the rank weeds in -the neglected garden, and the ragweeds and May-weeds along the recently woi-ked highway. The com- petition amongst themselves and with their neighbors final]}' breaks up the colonies, and a mixed and
. Botany, an elementary text for schools. Botany. 374. The return to forest. Bushes and trees now begin to crowd. 362. In a large newly cleared area plants usually first establish themselves in dense colonies. Note the great patches of nettles, jewel-weeds, smart-weeds, clot- burs, fire-weeds in recently cleared but neglected swales, also the fire-weeds in recently burned areas, the rank weeds in -the neglected garden, and the ragweeds and May-weeds along the recently woi-ked highway. The com- petition amongst themselves and with their neighbors final]}' breaks up the colonies, and a mixed and iitfernnn- gled flora is gcner- aJhj the result. 3G3. Inmost parts of the world the general tendency of neglected areas is to run into forest. All plants rush for the cleared area. Here and there bushes gain a foot- hold. Young trees come up: in time 375. Sod and tree societies. Abciut the huilding the 1 l 4-1 trees find refuge from the mowing machine. tUeSe SliaCie inC. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York Macmillan
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