AN AMATEUR WILD FLOWER BED. i larg 
47. Acer negundo. BOX ELDER. This may be called one of 
the principal weeds of flower beds and backyard gardens. The 
trees have been planted extensively on account of their rapid 
growth. They seed freely and the young plants come up in 
great numbers in the nearby flower beds and gardens. The 
seedlings are produced more freely than those of the elm but 
are not so firmly rooted and more easily pulled out. 
48. Ambrosia trifida. GIANT RAGWEED. KINGHEAD (in 
our region). An occasional plant. 
49. Plantago rugelii. RUGEL’S PLANTAIN. An occasional 
plant. 
50. Bidens frondosa. BEGGAR TICKS. Occasional. 
51. Arctium minus. BURDOCK. One seeding appeared the 
past summer. I often have thought that this plant has an 
unusually effective method of seed dispersal. The hooked 
bracts cling with unsurpassed tenacity, allowing the akenes 
to be shaken out at intervals. The dense bristles between 
the akenes probably act as a preventative of too rapid shat- 
tering and the marked tendency of the heads to remain in 
bunches would have a similar effect. I have found my shoe 
strings to be a favorite riding place and this plant may have 
arrived thus. However, the weed is not infrequent about the 
streets and*some other carrier may have been host to that 
particular seed. 
52. Lactuca scariola integrata. PRICKLY LETTUCE. Oc- 
casional. 
53. Taraxacum officinale. DANDELION. No weed list of 
our locality would be complete without this plant. It has been 
one of the less important in the flower bed, however. 
