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bindweed previously described, but the 

 roots grow very differently, and there is 

 no resemblance between the blossoms or 

 the seeds of the two plants. 



The plants grow singly, but oftentimes 

 in great numbers. The tendrils spread 

 abroad in different directions, and cling to 

 the vegetation amid which the weeds grow. 

 They will then clamber up to the very top 

 of the stalks of matured grain, and will 

 oftentimes cause it to lean toward the earth 

 in consequence of their weight. 



The seeds resemble those of cultivated 

 buckwheat both in shape and color, but 

 they are not quite so large. They are pos- 

 sessed of a considerable degree of vitality. 



Wild buckwheat begins to grow almost 

 as soon as the cereal grains, and it con- 

 tinues to grow and mature seeds until the 

 time of severe frosts. In spring cereals 

 many of the seeds are matured before the 

 grain can be harvested. It infests all kinds 

 of crops, but is much more troublesome in 

 cereals than in other crops. It gives but 

 little trouble in pastures and meadows. 



Wild buckwheat will grow in various 

 soils, but it grows much more vigorously 

 in rich vegetable loams than in soil stiff' 



