Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . s Bane. (P.) Apocynum androsaemifolium. L. This plant, known by its widely spreading habit, its reddish stems, small, pink flowers, milky juice, and peculiar curved cylin- 268 drical pods growing in pairs and gen-erally cohering by their tips; is a verycommon weed in meadows, pasturesand old fields. As its seeds are of theparachute type, the plant should begrubbed out of such lands before itsfruiting season, and composted withother refuse. In domestic medicine, as wellas in medical practice, this weed hasgained con
Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . s Bane. (P.) Apocynum androsaemifolium. L. This plant, known by its widely spreading habit, its reddish stems, small, pink flowers, milky juice, and peculiar curved cylin- 268 drical pods growing in pairs and gen-erally cohering by their tips; is a verycommon weed in meadows, pasturesand old fields. As its seeds are of theparachute type, the plant should begrubbed out of such lands before itsfruiting season, and composted withother refuse. In domestic medicine, as wellas in medical practice, this weed hasgained considerable reputation whenused in fresh decoction as a remedyfor dropsy (222). Its use as a remedyin rheumatism is very extended in thisState, either fresh (42, 148, 182), orpreserved in whisky (48). It has alsoproved itself a good general tonic (59, 60), especially for dyspeptics(200), or where the liver is deranged (73), and constipation (201)results. It has also met with some use as a Wood purifier (114);and a remedy for bronchial affections (236) and weak lungs (236,266).. Indian lUin. 118. Pleurisy-Hoot. (P.) Asclepias tuberosa, L. This is one of the most striking of our Eastern and Centralmeadow and hillside weeds, its bunches of flame colored flowersbeing very conspicuous and noticeable. The flowers bear a strongresemblance in shape to those of the next species; the leaves are,however, longer and narrower, as well as much more curled on theedges; the whole plant is roughish hairy; and the resulting podshoary and erect, while the milky juice so prominent in the next spe-cies is entirely absent in this. This weed prefers a sandy soil, buttakes kindly to our dry pastures and meadow lands as well, whenceit should be grubbed ere the pods ripen their downy seeds andscatter them to the wind. Pleurisy-root gains its name from its use as a remedy for b idcolds and lung complaints (239.) From the successful employ-ment of the pleurisy-root for twenty-five years, says Dr. BenjaminPa
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