650 



FARM SEEDS 



SPECIAL 



figure and description pre\iously given (Fig. 196). The seeds of 

 narrow-leaved plantain cannot be separated unless this is done 

 before those of the clo\'er are removed from the pods, as the 

 size of the two is nearly the same. They are smooth, brown, 

 elongated seeds somewhat resembling a date 'stone' \vith a dark 

 furrow down one side (T, Fig. 199;. Dock seeds are three-sided 



Fig. 190. — Common impurities met with in samples of Red Clover and other seetis. 

 (i) Xarrow-lea\ed Plantain. (5) 0-\-eye Daisy. 



(2) Species of Docl:. (6) Nipplewort. 



(3) \Vhlte Campion. (7) KielJ Chamomile. 



(4) Dove's foot Cranesbill. <£) Clover Dodder. 



and shining, shaped like tliose of buckwheat and of a chestnut 

 colour : those of wliite campion being kidney-shaped, asliy grey 

 in tint, and ornamented with carved lines of regularly-arranged 

 rounded projections (3, Fig. 199). Dove's-foot cranesbill seeds 

 are chocolate-brown pitted and marked all over with hexagonal 

 lines (4, Fig. 199). 



The ox-eye dais\-, nipplewort, and field chamomile are also 



