44 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IQXX). 



Orange hawkweed. (Hieracium aurantiacum). This 

 weed has been almost entirely destroyed on the college grounds 

 by turning the grass land where the weed was thick and harrow- 

 ing frequently through the season. Scattering plants in the 

 fields were pulled and burned and the ground where they grew 

 salted. 



Canadian hawkweed. (Hieracium canadense) . This is a 

 coarse, leafy-stemmed weed, growing fully four or five feet high 

 on good soil and bearing at the top a corymb of yellow beads. 

 It is native and though sometimes found in fields, it has not 

 shown a tendency to spread like its relatives, the orange hawk- 

 weed and king-devil weed. 



Ragged knapweed. (Centaurea Jacea). This fugitive from 

 Europe is common in some pastures of Maine, in fields and waste 

 places. The large heads and the fimbriated outer bracts make 

 it a conspicuous plant, sure to attract attention. 



The sand bur, beaked night shade. (.Solatium rostra- 

 turn). The sand bur is reported as occurring in fields. This 

 objectionable weed has been found several times in Maine, 

 usually about where cars of western grain were unloaded. It 

 is more of a roadside weed in the West. It will probably not 

 maintain itself in cultivated fields in Maine. 



The rattle-grass. (Rhinanthus Crista-Galli) . This is a 

 bad weed in sandy lands along the coast. There is probably no 

 way to get rid of it, but by careful culture. It seeds profusely. 



Reed grass. (Phragmites Phragmites). This grass was 

 received from Kenduskeag. It is rare in Maine, growing in 

 wet places, and so we record the locality. It is sure to 

 attract attention on account of its high and beautiful plumes. It 

 grows from five feet to fifteen feet high and bears a silvery 

 plume from six inches to a foot in length. 



