128 Weeds. 



sess great vitality. Although the plants 

 may appear but singly at first, yet if they 

 are allowed to ripen their seeds, these fall 

 to the ground and grow up again so thickly 

 that to eradicate the weed by spudding is 

 almost impossible. Hence, in pastures and 

 waste places where cultivation cannot be 

 introduced, the ox-eye daisy is an extremely 

 difficult weed to deal with. It is not relished 

 by live stock, owing in part to the woody 

 nature of its growth, but they will browse 

 on it to some extent when it is young. 



The ox-eye daisy grows in all soils, but 

 is most vigorous and troublesome in those 

 of loose texture. It infests all kinds of 

 crops, and it also grows where the land is 

 not cultivated, as in permanent pastures, 

 and in waste places generally. It is most 

 difficult of eradication in permanent pas- 

 tures and meadows, more especially as these 

 grow older, since the roots of the daisies 

 then become much interlaced with those of 

 the crops amid which they grow. It is least 

 troublesome in cultivated crops, and these 

 are very effective in destroying it. 



This weed is distributed entirely by 

 means of its seed. It is most commonly 

 carried about in the seeds of timothy and 



