AN interlude: some garden weeds 



wild carrot, hardback, chicory and cocklebur. 

 Asters, golden rod, milkweed and rag-weed are 

 among the rank plants of our roads and fields. 

 Asters and goldenrod we should sorely miss. 

 Every country boy or girl knows the milk-weed 

 with its juicy stems spilling milk at every crack 



WooDBiRY Lot Amkr the: Childrkn Madf. Thf.ir School Garden 



or break, its boat-like pods laden with silk of 

 finest tissue, beautiful in texture as the precious 

 fabrics brought from the Indies. Its deep reach- 

 ing roots are as strong as its seeds are ephemeral. 

 The ragweed loves to lift its handsome head 

 with greenish-yellow powdered flowers, above the 



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