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WEEDS OF FARM LAND 



y. bufonius. See Toad Rush. 

 y. communis, 215. 

 y. glaucits, 215. 



KAINIT, 60, 61, 62, 68. 

 " Kendal green," 194. 

 Knapweed, greater, 23, 147, 148, 156, 



211. 

 Knawel, annual, 87, 120, 141, 142, 143 



(fig.), 158, 200, 223. 

 Knotgrass, 16, 19 (fig.), 28, 31, 48, 53, 



81, 87, 95, 124, 126, 127, 151, 157, 



16^, 170, 183, 197, 219. 



LADY'S mantle, 87, 131, 132, 153, 156, 

 168, 172, 174, 178, 207. 



smock, 178, 210. 



Lamium amplexicaule, 150, 157, 215. 

 L. ptirpuretim. See Red Dead-nettle. 

 Lappula echinata, n. 

 Lapsana communis. See Nipplewort. 

 Lathyrus macrorrhizus, 215. 

 L. pratensis, 215. 

 Lawns, 67, 182. 

 Laying down to grass, 52, 53. 

 Legislation, weed, 43, 44, 94. 

 Legousia hybrida, 150, 157, 215. 

 Leontodon. See Hawkbit. 

 L. autumnalis, 17, 215. 

 L. hispidus, 215. See also Hawkbit. 

 Lettuce, lamb's, 146, 147, 158, 225. 

 - wild, 95. 

 Ley, 87, 166. 



Light land, weeds of, 124, 141. 

 Lime, 61, 62, 68, 69, 98, 118, 119, 141. 



nitrogen, 60, 61. 



requirement, 119. 



soils deficient in, 62, 69, 118, 145. 

 L inaria elatine, 215. 



L. minor, 215. 



L. spuria, 215. See also Round-leaved 



Toadflax. 



L. vulgaris. See Toadflax. 

 Linum catkarticum. See Purging Flax. 

 Lithospernum arvense. See Corn 



Gromwell. 

 Loam, 117, 122. 



heavy, 122, 129. 

 light, 122. 



Lodging of cerea's, 89. 



Lolittm temulentum. See Darnel. 



Longevity of seeds, 73. 



Loosestrife, purple, 178. 



Lotus corniculattis, 17, 97. 



Lousewort, 179. 



Lucerne, 50, 95, 96, 98. See also Al- 



fal.fa. 

 Lupin, 58. 



Luzula carnpestris, 216. 

 Lychnis alba = L. vespertina, 216. 



^. dioica, 128, 216. 



'^.flos-cuculi. See Ragged Robin. 



~ . githago. See Corn Cockle. 



r ^. vespertina. See White Campion. 



,ycopsis arvensis, 150, 157, 216. 



.ysimachia nummularia. See Creep- 

 ing Jenny. 



VlADDER, field, 126, 128, 158, 159, 167, 



174, 223. 

 Manure heap, weeds of, 48, 183. 



weed seeds in, 75. 



weeds distributed by, 12, 49, 75. 

 Manures and Manuring, 9, 48, 54, 55, 



60, 62, 66, 68, 98, 182, 189, 191, 193, 



198, 201, 203. 

 Marigold, corn, 51, 87, 117, 141, 145 

 (fig.), 156, 211. 



marsh, 178. 

 Marsh plants, 178. 



Matricaria chamomilla. See Chamo- 



mile. 



M. inodora. See Mayweeds. 

 Mayweed, 16, 31, 62, 74, 87, 95, 104, 

 115, 132, 183, 187. 



scentless, 131, 132, 151, 157, 165, 



174, 217. 



stinking, 134, 156. 

 Meadow-grass, annual, 87, 131, 132, 



151, 157, 169, 170, 174, 183, 219. 



rough-stalked, 182, 183, 184 (fig.), 



185. 



smooth-stalked, 185. 

 Meadowsweet, 177, 224. 

 Mechanical means, eradication of weeds 



by, 45. 46-54* 63-6. 

 Medicago, n, 58. See also Medick. 

 M. lupulina, 74, 97, 217. 

 M. sativa, 97. 

 Medicinal uses of weeds, 187, 188, 189, 



191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 200, 201, 



202. 



Medick, 58, 166. See also Medicago. 



black. See Medicago lupulina. 

 Melampyrum, 93, 112. 



Melilot, 112, 115. 



Melilotus, 112, 115. 



M. officinalis, 217. 



Mentha aquatica, 217. 



M. arvensis. See Corn Mint. 



Mercnrialis perennis, 95. 



Mignonette, wild, 124, 146, 147, 158, 



167, 188, 221. 

 Migration of weeds, 43. 

 Milk, tainting of, 112, 113, 114, 115. 

 Milkwort, 178, 219. 

 Mint, 178. 



corn, 88, 136, 140, 157, 169, 217. 

 Mixen-weed, 48. 



Moisture, weeds distributed by, 15, 16. 



