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The Bulletin 



Wild Carrot. Daucm Carota L. 



Also known as Queon Anne's Lace or Bird's-ncst Plant. A biennial 

 plant. Grows about three feet high, rougli-hairy all over. Leaves much 

 divided into narrow lobes. Root fleshy, conical. Flowers small, white, 

 massed together into a large, flat-topped umbel. As the fruit ripens the 

 umbel closes up so as to resemble a bird's nest. Fruit oval, flattened, 



having rows of weak spines which 







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are generally knocked off when 

 seed containing it is cleaned. Very 

 common everywhere. It is prob- 

 ;ibly merely the garden carrot es- 

 caped from cultivation. June to 

 September. 



CONTKOL. 



This weed is not a very formid- 

 able enemy to crop production in 

 this State, and, when in fields 

 which can be pastured, it fur 

 nishes a very good forage for 

 certain live stock. It is usually 

 worse in clover fields that are to 

 be mowed for hay or seed. But, 

 since wild carrot is a vigorously 

 gromng, tap-rooted biennial plant 

 that soon covers a field and adds a 

 great deal of organic matter to 

 the soil, even where the land is 

 poor, it should be looked upon as 

 a source of soil fertility, particu- 

 larly on poor lands that can be 

 allowed to lie for a few years, 

 rather than as a weed pest to be 

 gotten rid of. 



Since it requires two years be- 

 fore it can make seed, the plow- 

 ing under of the plant in early 

 spring will prove very effective in 

 its control. The clover fields may 

 be clipped while tlic plants are in 

 bloom as a partial remedy. Pas- 

 turing Avill also help to keep it 

 down. 



No. 11. Wii.D Cabkot or 

 Daucus cakota L. 



