WEEDS OF MEADOWS AND PASTURES 29 



well grown, send out rootstocks in all directions. From 

 these rootstocks other plants arise, so that a continually 

 expanding thicket of shrubbery is soon established. The 

 Smooth, the Dwarf or Mountain, and the Staghorn or Vel- 

 vet Sumachs, are the common nonpoisonous species. The 

 Poison Ivy and the Poison Sumach or Poison Dogwood are 

 the poisonous species. The Poison Ivy is one of the most 

 generally distributed. These, however, are harmful chiefly 

 to mankind and are external irritants rather than internal 

 poisons. 



A LITTLE BOOK 



OF 



PROFITLESS WEEDS 



BY 



CHARLES R. JONES 



Tough thistle choked the fields and killed the corn, 

 And an unthrifty crop of weeds was borne. 



DRYDEN. 



ILLUSTRATED 



THE BROWN SCHOOL 

 1910 



A SUGGESTION FOR TITLE-PAGE OF BOOKLET ON WEEDS 



