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ESCAPED FROM GARDENS 



bier plants have escaped from this and other old 

 gardens, long hid under sod like their planters, to 

 stray away down many hillsides, or have been in 

 the seed borne down the river valleys and lodged 

 by water or wind to creep into wild places? 



Many plants, indeed, have escaped ; not only 

 among those grown for beauty of flower, but things 

 of use as well, pot and garden herbs, and other 



growths which, once 

 let loose from gardens, 

 make dire mischief 

 among maturing crops 

 and hay lands. Such 

 as these is Orange 

 Hawkweed, or Devil's 

 Paint Brush. This 

 crept in, first as a bor- 

 der plant, easy to raise 

 and quickly spreading 

 into great patches, 

 showy with red -orange 

 bloom. Then it o'er- 

 stepped its bounds, and, 

 being unchecked, has 

 run its wild career in 

 several states, starving 



