WEEDS IN THE MEADOW. 



Lucerne. It ia likely to bo destroyed by the (uireful farmer. As 

 soon Jis thf slender vino from the seed gets fust to the stem of u 

 plant, the root of tho dodder perishes. It takes nourishment from 

 the Ijueerno. The seeds are very small and spherical. Sulphate 

 of iron (green vitriol), one pound to tho gallon, sjjrinkled on 

 plants of dodder is said to destroy it, and will not injure the 

 Ijucerne. A sieve of the pro])er size will remove the seeds. The 

 seeds will remain alive in the soil for some years. A similar eus- 

 cuta ia parasitic on red clover. 



Fio. VM.—(}uxcAita tJiKthimunn, (Dodder.) Vlaiu 

 and an onlarMied flower reduced. (Floro de I'aris.) 



Fro. 121.— Amardntlms re- 

 tri)Jlc.nu<, (Amarantli, Pig- 

 weed.) Two views of a seetl. 

 lx;.'0.-(Sudwortli.) 



Asclepins Cornnli, Bes. (Milkweed.) In light soils this is 

 often a very troublesome weed. The roots run deep and spread 

 in every direction. The seeds are carried by the wind. 



Clieuopodium album, L. (Pigweed, Lamb's Quarters.) This 

 rank annual weed, with two or three other species, is quite com- 

 mon in -vaste places and in cultivated grounds. They are not 

 troublesome in pastures and meadows, but are mentioned here 

 because the seeds are sometimes met with in seeds of grasses and 

 clovers. 



The seeds are lenticular, black, and glossy, and are much like 

 those of Amaratiihus. 



Another plant, or rather several plants of tho genus Amnran- 

 thns, are often spoken of as pigweeds. They are not very likely 



