WEEDS 163 
Birp’-EYE VIEW OF OuR CoMMONEST FARM AND GARDEN WEEDS— Continued 
GENERAL TYPE NAME Lirr Cycie SPECIAL FEATURES 
{ 22 Wild Mustard Annual | Pods long and slender 
. 23 Tumbling Mustard; Annual | Pods long and slender 
Mustard ea 24 French Weed Annual | Pods short, flat, notched 
ily; beating 4 at end 
ee ae 25 Peppergrass Annual | Pods small, roundish, flat 
26 Shepherd’s Purse | Annual Pods heart-shaped, flat 
| 27 False Flax Annual | Pods small, pear-shaped 
( 28 Wild Carrot Biennial | Looks like carrot, flowers 
Parsley fam- | ; white 
ily; Hever: { 29 Wild Parsnip Biennial | Looks like parsnip, flowers 
in umbels i welloy 
A 30 Corn Cockle Annual Round, black _ seeds, 
Red or pink flowers red 
ait 5 31 Pink Cockle Annual | Round, black seeds, 
pers L flowers pink 
32 Annual Sow-thistle| Annual Leaves with soft spiny 
: teeth 
Light yellow 33 Corn Sow-thistle | Perennial | Leaves ‘similar; milky 
composite juice 
flowers | | 34 Prickly Lettuce Annual | Prickles on under side of 
leaf 
35 Dandelion Perennial | Flower-stalk is hollow 
Small, green- 
pe white 36 Horse Weed Annual ‘| Entire plant very leafy 
composite 
flowers 
BriEF DESCRIPTIONS OF OUR CoMMONEST WEEDS 
Arranged in the same order as in the preceding table. 
1. Great Ragweed: Kinghead.—- This plant often at- 
tains a height of 6 or 7 feet. The form of the seed, with its 
