THE KING-DEVIL WEED. 



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grass, nearly doubling- the yield. Professor Jones says salt 

 suitable for this purpose can be obtained for from $3 to $5.50 

 per ton. The expense seems large, but if the application will 

 double the hay crop, as Professor Jones says, the increase! 1 yield 

 would balance the outlay. 



This method has never been applied for the Orange Hawk- 

 weed or King-Devil Weed in Maine, but Mr. Ward records the 

 use of salt to destroy the latter in northern New York and does 

 not speak flatteringly of the results. 



Those who are interested in the details of Professor Jones' 

 experiments can consult Bulletin of the Vermont Experiment 

 Station No. 56, 1897. 



The plate, prepared from a photograph, shows a specimen 

 that was two and a half feet high, reduced in reproduction. 

 The habit of increase by stolons is shown. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



Ward, Lester F. "The King-Devil," Botanical Gazette, Jan- 

 uary, 1889, p. 11. First account of the plant in North America. 

 History, character, habits, etc., of the plant in New York. 



Dewey, Lystcr H. Dept. Agric. Year Book, Washington, 

 D. C, 1894, p. 582; 1895, pp. 598-9; Farmers' Bull. No. 28 is a 

 reprint of the article in year book for 1894. Farmers' Bull, 

 (two hundred weeds) is a reprint of the article in the year book 

 for 1895. Tabulated statement of occurrence, habit, and 

 remedies. 



Fernald, M. L. Vol. 11, pt. IV, Proc. Port. Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 p. 130, 1897. First record of its occurrence in Maine. 



Harvey, F. L. Special Newspaper Bulletin, Maine Experi- 

 ment Station, "The King-Devil Weed," issued July 2, 1897, 

 and published by most of the papers of Maine. 



