Teacher's Leaflet. 



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leave that vicinity while the illness lasted, even squatting beneath th* window at 

 night instead of going to his accustomed place. 



THE PLANTAINS. 



COMMON OR BROAD-LEAVED PLANTAIN {PlantagO major). 



NARROW-LEAVED PLANTAIN OR RIB-GRASS {PlantagO lanceolata). 



Many of our most troublesome weeds are emigrants from Europe, and 

 like other and more desirable citizens, they find that they are given more 

 liberty to grow as they like and so thrive better than on their native 

 soil. The Plantains were among the earliest pioneers, probably accom- 

 panying the First Settlers without their knowledge in their cattle fodder 

 or in the hay and straw used as packing for their goods. The Broad- 

 leaved Plantain received from the Indians the name of the " White Man's 

 Foot " for the reason that it always appeared in the ground about their 

 dwellings, and the Narrow-leaved Plantain or Rib-grass is often called 

 English Plantain as an indication of its origin. 



Broad-leaved plantain with seeds. Note ■winter rosettes of both species of plantain. 



