ORCHARD AND GARDEN. 



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Identification. 



WEEDS— (Continued.) 

 Duration. Plac* of Growth. 



Method of Control 

 or Destruction. 



Erect, hairy, coarse Biennial 

 herbs; flowers reddish- 

 purple; seed, a round 

 burr, flat on one ^de. 

 Erect, branching flow- Annual 

 ers, showy, yellow 



Erect, branched; flow- Perennial 

 er white with yellow 

 eye, large and showy. 



Prostrate, creeping Annual 

 leaves and stem fleshy 



Erect, branched, to- Annual 

 wards the top 



Erected, branched 



Annual 



Leaves prostrate; flow- Perennial 

 er stem erect 



Erect, branching 



Annual 



Erect aerial; the lawn Annual 



is covered with brown 



hairs 



Erect, stem leafy Annual 



Stem erect from run- Perennial 

 ning root stocks 



Erect, branching, flow- Annual 

 ers yellow 



Erect, bushy, flowers Annual 

 pale pink 



Waste ground A bad pest where sheep are 

 and pastures kept. Cut below the crown. 



Everywhere 



Pastures, hay 

 fields and waste 

 places 



Gardens 

 mostly 



Grain fields 



Rich fields 

 and gardens 



Everjrwhere 



Everywhere 

 Everywhere 



Fields and 

 waste places 



Everywhere, 

 but chiefly in 

 sour, poor soil 



Everywhere 



Grain fields, 

 ttc. 



Hand-pulling and burning. 

 Frequent cultivation of 

 stubble fields after harvest. 

 Never let a plant go to seed. 

 Mowing infested fields early 

 in June is recommended. 

 Ordinary cultivation will 

 destroy it in tilled land. 

 Frequent cultivation in 

 fields and eternal hoeing in 

 gardens. 



A bad weed in Manitoba 

 and spreading in Ontario. 

 Mowing the patches and 

 burning the plants are the 

 most effective remedies. 

 Frequent fall cultivation, 

 ploughing infested fields 

 after harvest, before seed 

 ripens. 



Bum or mow stubbles im- 

 mediately after harvest. 

 Keep hoe crops cultivated 

 as late as possible. 

 Keep cultivated as late as 

 possible. 

 On infested fields grow hoed 



crops or fallow. 



Cultivate immediately after 

 harvest, and follow with 

 hoed crop. 



Application of lime to in- 

 fested land and frequent 

 cultivation will eradicate 

 the weed. 



Cultivation after harvest 

 and follow with hoed crop. 

 Hand-pull before seeds form 

 in fence comers, etc. 

 Very bad in Manitoba and 

 Northwest. Hoed crops, 

 tummer fallowing where 

 very bad. 



