< I >\\ol.\ I ! LCEAE. 



Convolvulus sepium, L. Common Morning-glory. 

 The weed is troublesome in grain and corn fields, using the 

 \ ing grain a> a support, often pulling it bo t he ground. The 

 weed is one of the most difficult to exterminate. 



SOL LNACEAE. 



Solatium nigrum, L. Common Nightshade. 



In shady and waste ground, common. 



Datura stramonium, L. Jamestown Weed. 



Locally it is known as Jimson wood, a corruption of James- 

 town. 



It is becoming more plentiful. It is especially common in the 

 streets of Brownsville. Minn., and also found in a few places on 

 the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi River. The plant is a 

 native of Asia, but with ns it has probably made its way north. 

 ward along the Mississippi. 



SCROPHULARINEAE. 



Verbascum thapsus, L. Common Mullein. 



Abundant in dry and old pastures, on rocky hillsides. Xot 

 difficult to exterminate as it is a biennial ; removing the young 

 plants with a hoe will easily destroy it. Is occasionally "weedy" 

 in Europe. 



Linaria vulgaris, Mill. Toad Flax. Butter and Eggs. 



Not troublesome, now and then found in neglected gardens, 

 and here and there in the streets of cities. Said to have been 

 widely distributed as a garden flower by the Department of 

 Agriculture. 



Scrophularia nodosa. L. Var. Marilandiea. Gray. Pigwort : 

 Simpson's Bee Plant. 



Somewhat weedy in rich soil and in damp places. 



LAJBIATAE. 



Teucrium canadense, L. Germander. 



Along fences, hedges, etc., but is frequently found in fields 

 so abundant as to do a great deal of injury to growing crops. V< 

 early as 1846 Darlington (2) found it to be somewhat of a 

 troublesome weed in Pennsylvania. 



Nepeta cataria, L. Catnip. 



