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other conspi(?iious specie? of \veeds were : 



Plantago Rugelii L. Plantain. 



Barbarea Barbarea (L.) Yellow rocket. 



Chenopodiiim album L Lamb's quarters 



Rumex crispus L Dock. 



Arctium Lappa L Burdock. 



Panicum sanguinale L Crab grass. 



Aster sp Aster. 



Hibiscvs Trionum L Hibiscus. 



Polygonum Convolvulus L Bind wood. 



Acalypha Virginica L Mercury. 



Iiophorus glaucus (L.) Fox-tail. 



Amarantus retrojkxus L Pigwood. 



Tragapogon pratensia L Salsify. 



Tragapogon porrifolius L Salsify. 



Various clovers (Trifoliuni ripens, T. Iiyhrldium, T. jwatcnse) and 

 the seedling grape and cherry still hold on against the weeds. 



Chickweed (Alsi7ie media L.) and low spear grass (Poa annua L.) 

 were unusually abundant upon the Experiment Area this season. 



Plantago media L. was observed upon the College Campus, and 

 seems to Ije new to the State. 



Galensoga. 



The genus Galensoga is a small one, the members of which are 

 natives of warm, temperate and tropical America. Heller* lists two 

 species and one variety, and Mohr f mentions l)ut one, which is Galen- 

 soga parviflora Car., the same as the one that is in New Jersey, and of 

 it he observes: ''Becoming a troublesome weed." 



The species are all aiinuals, and in some respects resemble the stick 

 seeds (Bidens), but without the hooked or barbed seed-coats. They 

 are likewise close akin to the flea banes (Erigeron) and many other 

 members of the great composite family of which the thistles and sun- 

 flowers are familiar representatives. The galensogas are in bad com- 

 pany, for the family to which it belongs is one abounding in weeds. 



The species, specimens of which have l)een .sent in for name and 

 methods for eradication from time to time, is a rapid grower and a 

 quite leafy plant, as the engraving (Plate IX., Fig. 1) well shows. 

 It is especially fond of a rich soil and a fair amount of shade, these 



* Catalogue of North American Plants, North of Mexico, 1900. 

 t Plant Life of Alabama, 1901. 



