WEEDS IN THE MEADOW. 



Lucerne. It is likely to be destroyed by the careful farmer. As 

 soon as the slender vine from the seed gets fast to the stem of a 

 plant, the root of the dodder perishes. It takes nourishment from 

 the Lucerne. The seeds are very small and spherical. Sulphate 

 of iron (green vitriol), one pound to the gallon, sprinkled on 

 plants of dodder is said to destroy it, and will not injure the 

 Lucerne. A sieve of the proper size will remove the seeds. The 

 seeds will remain alive in the soil for some years. A similar cns- 

 cuta is parasitic on red clover. 



FIG. 130. Ouscuta Eptthymum, (Dodder.) 

 nd an enlarged flower reduced. (Flore de 



FIG. 121. Amaranthus re- 

 oflexus, (Amaranth, Pig- 

 weed.) Two views of a seed. 

 lx20.-(Sud worth.) 



Asclepias Cornnti, Des. (Milkweed.) In light soils this is 

 often a very troublesome weed. The roots run deep and spread 

 in every direction. The seeds are carried by the wind. 



Ohenopodium album, L. (Pigweed, Lamb's Quarters.) This 

 rank annual weed, with two or three other species, is quite com- 

 mon in -vaste places and in cultivated grounds. They are not 

 troublesome in pastures and meadows, but are mentioned here 

 because the seeds are sometimes met with in seeds of grasses and 

 clovers. 



The seeds are lenticular, black, and glossy, and are much like 

 those of Amaranthus. 



Another plant, or rather several plants of the genus Amaran- 

 ihus, are often spoken of as pigweeds. They are not very likely 



