THE NEW EARTH 



"Every plant which grows in a field other 

 than that of which the seed has been (inten- 

 tionally) sown by the husbandman is a weed." 



"Any plant which obtrusively occupies cul- 

 tivated or dressed ground to the exclusion of 

 some particular crop intended to be grown. 

 Thus even the most useful plants may become 

 weeds if they appear out of their proper place. 

 The term is sometimes applied to any insignifi- 

 cant-looking or unprofitable plants which grow 

 profusely in a state of nature; also to any 

 noxious or useless plant." 



"Weeds are plants which tend to take 

 prevalent possession of soil used for man's 

 purposes irrespective of his will and, in accord- 

 ance with usage, we may restrict the term to 

 herbs. Any herb whatever when successfully 

 aggressive becomes a weed." 



"A weed, so far as the farmer is concerned, 

 is any plant whose growth interferes with that 

 of the crops to which the soil is for the time 

 being devoted. The idea of uselessness is 

 always present in the mind when weeds are 

 spoken of." 



"Any unsightly or troublesome herbaceous 

 plant that is at the same time useless, or com- 



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