WEEDS 
169 
2 feet high; the several branches point upward and termi- 
nate in a pyramid of green flowers. The flowers, however, may 
hardly be recognized by the inexperienced 
eye aS we can see scarcely anything but a 
mass of green, hairy chaff. The bright red 
root helps to identify the plant. 
15. White Amaranth: Tumble-weed. — 
This is related to the preceding species, 
which may be called the rough amaranth. 
The white amaranth is a smaller plant 
and has a paler green color, the stems are 
not so coarse and they spread out more, 
and the green flowers are found in small 
clusters in the axils of the leaves instead 
of forming a dense panicle at the top. In 
the fall the wind breaks this bushy plant off 
at the surface of the ground and uses it for 
Rep Root 
a plaything. This is the original ‘ tumble-weed,”’ but since the 
WHITE AMARANTH 
Russian thistle and tumbling mus- 
tard arrived on the scene they have 
also proved their right to this title. 
16. Yellow Foxtail: Pigeon Grass. 
— The foxtails are the most demo- 
cratic of all plants, and though 
mere weeds they are perfectly at 
home in the society of cultivated 
| plants everywhere. The blossoms 
grow in dense spikes like those of 
timothy and common millet. This 
species looks very much like the 
next one, but its head or spike is more yellowish in color and 
its seeds are distinctly larger. 
