NOTES ON THE PLANTS OF THE YEAR. 1 3^ 



Rough Pigweed. {Aniaranthiis retroHexus.) A bad weed 

 in gardens and cultivated fields. Germinates late and will per- 

 fect its seeds after crops are laid by. 



Lamb's Quarters. Pigweed. (Cliciiopodiitiii album.) A 

 common weed along road sides, waste places, gardens and culti- 

 vated fields. Seed abundant in western seed. 



Poke-weed, Pigeon Berry. (Phytolacca dccandra.) Xot 

 abundant. Reported for the first time, this season. Growing in 

 a potato patch. 



Fringed Black Bindweed. {Polygoniun clinode.) This 

 is a native bindweed that has been reported as a weed in newly 

 cleared lands. 



Black Bindweed. {Polygonun convolvulus.) Common in 

 fields and gardens. Western seed contains it in abundance. 



Virginia Three-Seeded ]\Iercury. (Acalypha Virginica.) 

 Is becoming a common weed in low damp lands. It is an annual, 

 and clean culture should eradicate it. It is native in low woods. 



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