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hairs tipped with a round translucent cell. The seed- 

 lings also are of a silvery-green hue (Fig. 35). 



Goosefoot is a gross feeder, and grows most rapidly, 

 and attains its greatest size and vigour on good, well 

 manured soils, although it grows quite freely in waste 



Photo, 1909. H. C. Long. 



FIG. 35. Seedlings of Goosefoot (Chenopodium album L.). 



land. In gardens it is sometimes very plentiful, especi- 

 ally among potatoes and other root crops, and is liable 

 to crowd and choke out all kinds of crops unless 

 checked. In field cultivation root crops are too often 

 overrun by this weed. An abundance of seed is pro- 

 duced, and much of it may lie dormant in the soil 

 and germinate at unexpected times, while the seeds 



