dense Mill.; sheep sorrel, Rumex acetosella Linn.; wild potato, 

 Ipomoea pandurata Meyer; horse nettle, Solanum carolinense 

 Linn.; mullen, Verbascum thapsus Linn.; button weed, Diodia 

 teres Walt.; five finger, Potentilla canadense Linn.; wild straw- 

 berry, Fragaria virginiana Duschesne; bluets, Houstonia minima 

 Beck.; Ceanothus americanus Linn. 



Along the edge of the cultivated fields, fence rows, ditch banks 

 and other waste places where there is a greater percentage of 

 humidity one finds species of Alsine, mouse ear, Cerastium vis- 

 cosum Linn.; pepper grass, Lepidium virginicum Linn.; shepard's 

 purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris Moench.; cranesbill. Geranium 

 carolinianum Linn.; Johnson grass, Sorghum halapense (Linn.) 

 Pers.; dead nettle, Lamium amplexicaule Linn.; Lamium pur- 

 pureum Linn.; vetch, Vicia saliva Linn.; may pop, Passiflora 

 incarnata Linn.; carpet weed, Molluga verticillata Linn.; Chae- 



rophyllum procumbens (Linn.) Crantz.; button weed, Diodia vir- 

 giniana Linn.; golden rod, Solidago sp.; Virginia creeper, Am- 

 pelopsis quinquefolia Michx.; ragweed, Ambrosia artemisaefolia 

 Linn.; dandelion, Taraxicum officinale Weber; Venus' looking 

 glass, Specularia perfoliata DeC. ; and Specularia biflora (R & P) 

 iisch & Mey.; morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea Lam.; trumpet 

 vine, Tecoma radicans Juss.; Sabbatia angularis Pursh; English 

 plantain, Plantago lanceolata Linn. ; common plantain, Plantago ma- 

 jor Linn. ; Plantago virginica Linn. ; Plantago aristata Michx. ; poke- 

 weed, Phytolacca decandra Linn. ; Croton glandulosa Linn. ; poison 

 oak, Rhus toxicodendron Linn.; leather flower, Clematis viorna 

 Linn,; corn cockle. Lychnis githago Lam.; catch fly, Silene an- 

 iirrhina Linn. ; red clover, Trifolium pratense Linn. ; buffalo clover, 

 T. refiexum Linn.; Penstemon laevigatus Soland. 



In the open low grounds near the streams one finds some of the 

 plants in the above paragraph and also the touch-me-not, Im- 

 patiens iulva, Nutt.; common iron weed, Vernonia noveboracensis, 

 Willd. ; great ragweed^ Ambrosia trifida Linn. ; cocklebur, Xanthium 

 canadense Mill.; cardinal flower. Lobelia cardinalis Linn.; blue lo- 

 belia, Lobelia puberula Michx.; joint weed, Polygonum muhlen- 

 bergia Watson. ; elder, Sambucus canadensis Linn. ; button bush, 

 Cephalanthus occidentalis Linn..; a;steT, Aster puniceus Linn.; cat- 

 tail, Typha latijolia Linn. A. Ballard Massey. 



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