84 PASTURE AND RANGE. 



mucous membranes, emaciation, staggering gait, great 

 weakness and death. 



Strychnin and iron are of some benefit during the early 

 stages, but a dependable cure for the disease has not been 



A discovered. Therefore preventive measures 

 Treatment 



are most necessary. In eastern Canada culti- 

 vation and pasturing with sheep have been made use of 

 with some success for the eradication of the plant, but it 

 is still very plentiful in waste areas. 



Ragwort is a European introduction. It grows abun- 

 dantly in the east and locally as far west- as Ontario. 



Th Pi nt ^ * s an rec t Pl an t eight inches to two feet or 

 more in height, and may be smooth or more 

 or less covered with woolly hairs. The root leaves are 

 lyrate, while those on the stem are deeply pinnately dis- 

 sected or divided into small lobes. The bright yellow 

 flower-heads, about one-half inch across, contain both 

 tubular and ray florets as in the daisy, and are arranged 

 in a flat-topped cluster. The plant blooms in July and 

 August and forms a very striking feature of the 

 landscape. 



SNEEZEWEEC Helenium autumnale L. 



Other Common Names : False Sunflower, Swamp Sun- 

 flower, Yellow Ox-eye, Staggerweed. 



This native plant is found in moist places throughout 

 the country, and contains poison in all its parts, but more 

 particularly in the flowers. In powdered form the plant 

 is used to some extent in medicine, producing violent 

 sneezing when inhaled. 



