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Florida Beggar Weed (^Desmodium molle~). — This 

 is an erect-growing annual plant. It is grown quite 

 extensively during the summer as a cover crop for 

 orange orchards in Florida. When once established, 



Florida Beggar Weed. 



it reseeds itself and comes up at the beginning of the 

 summer rains, even when the land has been thoroughly 

 cultivated during the winter and spring. It could 

 also doubtless be utilized as a cover crop in cane 

 fields. Beggar weed thrives on the thinnest, sandiest 

 soils as well as on those of better quality. It is an 



