This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ... them "cheeses," whence the following lines: "The sitting down when school was o, er Upon the threshold of the door, Picking from mallows, sport to please, The crumpled seed we call a cheese." Like other weeds which flourish best in compact or trodden ground this mallow has a long and tapering root. Remedies: pulling ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ... them "cheeses," whence the following lines: "The sitting down when school was o, er Upon the threshold of the door, Picking from mallows, sport to please, The crumpled seed we call a cheese." Like other weeds which flourish best in compact or trodden ground this mallow has a long and tapering root. Remedies: pulling or deep cutting with hoe or spud in lawns and yards; thorough cultivation in gardens and fields. 59. Sida sriNOSA L. Prickly Sida. Thistle Mallow. (A. I. 2.) Erect, much branched, soft downy, 8-20 inches high; leaves ovatelanceolate or oblong, scalloped, 1-2 inches long, the stems of the larger ones with a spine-like tubercle at the base. Flowers small, lemon-yellow, short-stemmed, axillary. Pods 5, combined into an ovate fruit, each splitting at the top into two beaks. Seeds dark brown, triangular, smooth, not shining. 1/12 inch long. (Fig. 63.) Common in dry, upland, clayey soils in the southern two-thirds of the State, occurring especially along pasture pathways and roadsides and in dooryards and barnyards where the ground is compact. April-Nov. An emigrant from the south, this is fast becoming a common wayside weed. Often trampled upon by man and beast it yet survives and perpetuates its kind. Scrawny and rough in form it exemplifies a life of bitter struggle. Like the wire-grass, bravely it fights its way, raising its head with new vigor after being pressed closely to earth by many a passer-by. Remedies: cutting plants when they begin to blossom; in gardens, etc, cultivating with heed crops. Showing flower and fruit. Britton and Brown.) (After GO. Abutilon Abutilon L. Velvet Leaf. Indian Mallow. Butter Print. American Jute. (A. I. 1.) Stout, erect, 3-6 feet high, densely clothed with short, soft hairs; leaves long-stalke...
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