AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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THE DICHOTOMOUS CATCHFLY. 



Silene dicliotoma^ Ehrb. 



Order CARYoniYLLACE.K : Pink Family. 



During the past season s\'e have received specimens of the above 

 catchfly from the following localities : 



Name. 



Address. 



Kind of Seed Sown. 







Clover, red top and lierdsgrass. 

 Clover, red top and herdsgrass. 

 Clover, red top and herdsgrass. 

 Clover, red top and lierdsgrass. 









Freetloui, Me 









B. W. Mitchell 









Buxton Center, 



Union, Me 



Turner Center, 

 North Bridgton 



Me.... 



Me 



Me.... 





E. E. Ligl>t 



Red clover, red top, herdsgrass. 

 Red clover, red top, herdsgrass. 

 Red clover, red top, herdsgrass. 





C. H. Gould 



We also learn that this weed has been found at Farmington 

 (C. H. Knowlton), East Livermore (Kate Furbish), Hartford and 

 North Berwick (J. C. Parlin), and York (E. P. Bicknell ) 



The above shows that this weed is widely introduced in Maine. 

 We examined one lot of seed in 1893 that contained over a dozen 

 bad weed seeds and among them the seeds of this catchfly. We 

 condemned the seed. If wholesale dealers who import from other 

 states or countries would receive samples and have them examined 

 before purchasing and each wholesale dealer was required by state 

 law to submit samples to a state inspector before retailing, the 

 introduction of so many bad weeds could be averted. There were 

 at least four bad weeds introduced in the State in 1893-4. It is to 

 the interest of dealers to offer pure seed and they will probably not 

 knowingly sell poor seed. To secure the selection of good seed the 

 Station botanist will aid dealers and purchasers by inspecting 

 samples submitted. From the record given above it will be seen 

 that only one party sowed alsike and that one party who did not 

 sow redtop had the weed, and that all who had the weed sowed 



