Rural School Leai-let. 



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The gardener grows carrot seeds by- 

 setting out in the spring carrots which 

 were grown the previous year. After 

 producing seeds the plant dies. This is 

 the habit of the wild carrots also. They 

 do not produce seed the first year. Con- 

 sequently if they are cut off near the 

 ground two or three times the second 

 year, their life history is finished. 



Wild carrots do not spread from the 

 roots like the thistle, but they produce 

 a great number of seeds. 

 These seeds have been 

 known to live in the 

 ground several years 

 before growing. There- 

 fore they must be re- %i 

 peatedly pulled or cut 

 off in order to keep the 

 field free from them. 

 They are not trouble- 

 some in plowed land, 

 but are common in old 

 meadows. 



White Daisy.— This 

 weed belongs to the 

 class of plants called 

 perennials, meaning 

 plants which live more 

 than two years. The 

 roots are rather shallow « '^ 



and branching. It has 

 the habit of spreading slightly by means of under- 

 ground stems. 



The seeds of daisies are produced in flat-topped 

 heads which closely resemble the sunflower head. 

 There is a large number of them in each head. 



Daisies are common in pastures and meadows. 

 Many meadows of our State which have not been 

 recently plowed in the last weeks of June and the first ^ 

 week m July, are white with their flowers. The weeds daisy 



Fig. 40. — Wild carrot 



