IIO MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



The Clover Dodder continues to be reported from new 

 localities. 



Butter and Eggs is becoming a bad weed in Maine. It 

 usually contents itself by growing along roadsides and in waste 

 places, but this season we saw a field overrun with it. The 

 second crop of seeds had matured after the grain was cut. 



Yellow Rattle (Rhinaniluts crista-galli) is becoming a great 

 nuisance in grass lands on the islands along the coast and adja- 

 cent sea shores. It is an annual and careful culture would 

 check it. We saw this weed along roadsides at Jackson. 



Greeh Amaranthus or Pig Weed is one of the most com- 

 mon garden weeds in Maine. It will spring up and perfect its 

 seed after the crops have gone by. It should be pulled in the 

 fall before it seeds. 



Cultivated Rye appeared as a weed in many fields in Maine 

 the past season. Probably introduced with grass seed. Its tall 

 stalks made it conspicuous and growing as a weed it was not 

 recognized by many. 



Cultivated Flax is introduced in western clover seed and 

 it is not uncommon to see the beautiful flowers of this plant in 

 fields. 



The Strawberry Leaf Blight is the most common straw- 

 berry fungus in Maine, producing brown spots on the leaves. 



The Blackberry Rust was quite abundant the past season. 

 As this fungus lives over winter in the plants, nothing short of 

 destroying the infected plants before they scatter the spores will 

 eradicate the disease. 



