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MAINU AGRICUI.TURAL e;xPERIMENT STATION. I913. 



Table shozving the result of the inspection of seed in lots at 

 dealers in IQ12. These seeds zvere all examined at the dealers 

 to see if they zvere in accord zvith guarantees upon them. 

 In doubtful cases samples zvere taken to the laboratory. 



Names of Seeds and Number of Lots Of Each Inspected. 





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A list of zueed seeds found in seeds examined in JQ12. 

 Nomenclature, Gray's Manual, i7Tn Edition, 1908. 



Common Name. 



Scientific Name. 



American pennyroyal 

 Apetalous peppergrass 

 Barnyard grass 



Hedeoma pulegioides (Ij.) Pers. 

 Lepidium apetalum Willd. 

 Echinochloa crusgalli (L). Beauv. 



Bird's foot trefoil 

 Black medick 

 Blue field madder 



Lotus comiculatus L. 

 Medicago lupulina L. 

 Sherardia arvensis L. 



Blue vervain 

 Bracted plantain 

 Canada thistle 



Verbena hastata L. 

 Plantago aristata Michx. 

 Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. 



Catnip 

 Cat's ear 

 Charlock 



iMepeta cataria L. * 

 Hypochaeris glabra Ij. 

 Srassica arvensis L. 



Chicory 

 Cin:iuefoil 

 Clover dodder 



Cichorium intybus L. 

 Potentilla canadensis L. 

 Cuscuta epithymum Murr. 



Common chickweod 

 Common mallow 

 Common nightshade 



Stellaria media (L.) Cyrill. 

 Malva rotundifolia L. 

 Solanum nigrum L. 



Common speedwell 

 Corn mayweed 

 Corn spurry 



Veronica officinalis L. 

 Matricaria inodora L. 

 Spergula arvensis L. 



Crabgrass 

 Crane's bill 

 Dock 



Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. 

 Geranium maculatum L. 

 Rumex Sp. 



Evenint^ primrose 



Ergot 



False flax 



Oenothera biennis L. 

 *Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul. 

 Camelina microcarpa Andrz. 



*SclerotKi of the fungus. 



