204 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



Taylor: near Grafton. Preston: near Aurora {Mr. & Mrs. 

 Steele), and in every county visited. 



This species which threatens to be our most pernicious 

 and wide-spread weed, is advancing eastward with the ut- 

 most aggressiveness. It has absolutely no fodder qualities, 

 its nutritive ratio being only i :i4.50, and its value as a 

 fertilizer only $2.37 per dry ton. The method of combating 

 this pest is as yet a mere matter of conjecture. 



The plant is reported from Brooke : near Wellsburg and 

 Fowler's. Barbour : near Overfield, Pepper and Philippi. 

 Braxton : near Bulltown, Frametown, Tate Creek, Elmyra 

 and Newville. Cabell : near Union Ridge and Barboursville. 

 Clay: near Valley Fork. Doddridge: near Leopold, New 

 Milton and Center Point. Fayette : near Fayetteville, Moun- 

 tain Cove and Beets. Grant : near Medley, Petersburg and 

 Greenland. Greenbrier : near Frankford, Trout Valley and 

 Fort Spring. Hampshire : near Slanesville, Springfield and 

 Three Churches. Harrison : near Clarksburg, Lost Creek, 

 Bridgeport, Wallace, Wilsonburg, Adamsville, Good Hope 

 and Mount Clare. Hardy : near Moorefield and Wardens- 

 ville. Jefferson : near Kabletown. Jackson : near Grass 

 Lick, Sandy, Wilding, Belgrove, Odaville, Silverton and 

 Kentuck. Kanawha : near Pocataligo, Blandon and Gazil. 

 Lewis : near Vadis, Camden, Walkersville and Aberdeen, 

 Lincoln : near Hamlin. Mercer : near Princeton and New 

 Hope. McDowell : near Squire Jim. Monroe : near Cash- 

 mere and Johnson's X Roads. Mason : near New Haven, 

 Grimm's Landing and Maggie. Marion : near Canton, Farm- 

 ington, Eldora, Barracksville, Hoult and Gray's Flat. Mon- 

 ongalia : near Morgantown. Putnam : near Hurricane, Para- 

 dise, Carpenters and Confidence. Pleasants : near New Heb- 

 ron. Preston : near Masontown, Eglon and Amblersburg. 

 Ritchie : near Ritchie C. H. Berea and Cornwallis. Ran- 

 dolph : near Florence and Lee Bell. Roane : near Pencil, 

 Newton, Looneyville, Clio, Reedy and Countsville. Raleigh : 

 near Table Rock, Egeria and Raleigh C. H. Summers : near 

 Forest Hill, Talcott, Clayton and Indian Mills. Taylor : near 

 Knottsville, Thornton, Grafton and Meadland. Tyler : near 

 Wick and Long Reach. Tucker : near Texas, St. Georges 

 and Hendricks. Upshur: near Lawrence, Overhill, Fver- 

 green, French Creek and Hemlock. Wayne : near Adkin's 

 Mills and Egypt. Wetzel : near New Martinsville. Wirt : 

 near EHzabeth, Burning Springs, Reedy Ripple and Lee. 

 Wood : near Blennerhassett and Kanawha Station. Web- 

 ster : near Replete, and Welch Glade. 



