A BUNCH OF HERBS 



weeds that follows the plow and the har- 

 row, and, except that it is easily destroyed, I 

 should suspect it to be an immigrant from 

 the Old World. Our fleabane is a trouble- 

 some weed at times, but good husbandry 

 has little to dread from it. 



But all the other outlaws of the farm and 

 garden come to us from over seas ; and 

 what a long list it is : 



and others less noxious. To offset this list 

 we have given Europe the vilest of all weeds, 

 a parasite that sucks up human blood, to- 



