All About Weeds

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This book might be called a Who's Who among Weeds as it covers 102 of the most common weeds found throughout the United States. Weeds of lawn and yard, weeds that are sometimes used for food, weeds that are the bane of hayfever sufferers, weeds that can ruin cow's milk, poisonous weeds, and even the real desperadoes that can totally overtake a field in one season are all covered. The author, Edwin R. Spencer, was a farmer and biology professor; his text is both a practical and an authoritative guide to weeds, able to speak to nature lovers, farmers, and scientists alike. Pigweed ... Dogbane ... Carpet Weed ... Crab Grass ... Wild Garlic ... Spiderwort ... Chicory ... Ragweed ... Poison Ivy ... Yellow Dock ... each weed is listed under its most common name, but since one man's Moneywort is another man's Creeping Jenny, its scientific and alternative common names are also given. Then follows a delightful description of each weed, full of information and good humor as well. Details for controlling the weed are given in this section. To aid in identification each weed is multiply keyed at the front of the text as to its place and season of growth, the type of soil it prefers, and physical characteristics. Even if you know nothing about botany, you will most likely be able to identify your find through these keys or just by flipping through the 102 first-rate illustrations. To the gardener and farmer weeds are something to be hoed out and plowed under, but weeds are also a fascinating group of plants, as this thoroughly readable book will point out. They are the plants you are most likely to come upon in nature jaunts and the ones you are going to have to come to terms with if you do any gardening of your own. "A most fascinating book." — Garden Club of America.

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PREFACE
I "THE REASONS FOR "JUST WEEDS"
HABITAT AND SEASONAL INDEXES
I. Weeds of the Lawn and Yard
II. Weeds of the Garden and Truck Patch
III. Weeds of the Meadow and Pasture Lands
IV. Weeds of the Corn and Cotton Fields
V. Weeds of Winter Wheat and Clover Fields
VI. Weeds of the Farm Lots
VII. Worst Weeds of Wayside and Waste Places
VIII. Weeds of Moist and Wet Places
IX. Weeds of Springtime
X. Weeds of Summer
XI. Weeds of Autumn
XII. Weeds of Winter
II WEEDS THAT ARE GRASSLIKE
"(The order of arrangement of the plants is that found in Gray's Manual of Botany, but this list has been alphabetized for convenient reference)"
Barnyard grass (Echinochloa crusgalli)
Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon)
Broom-sedge (Andropogon virginicus)
Calamus (Acorus calamus)
Cheat (Bromus seclainus)
Crab grass (Digitaria sanguinalis)
Fall panic grass (Panicum dichotomiflorum)
Goose grass (Eleusine indica)
Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense)
Needle grass (Aristida oligantha)
Nimble Will (Muhlenbergia Schreberi)
Sandbur (Cenchrus tribuloides)
Spiderwort (Tradescantia reflexa)
Squirrel-tail grass (Hordeum jabatum)
Tall red top (Tridens flavus)
Wild barley (Hordeum nodosum)
Wild garlic (Allium vineale)
Wire grass (Juncus tenuis)
Yellow foxtail (Setaria lutescens)
Yellow nut grass (Cyperus esculentus)
III WEEDS THAT ARE NOT GRASSLIKE
"(The order of arrangement of the plants is that found in Gray's Manual of Botany, but this list has been alphabetized for convenient reference)"
Bedstraw (Galium aparine)
Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)
Blue vervain (Verbena stricta)
Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis)
Bracted plantain (Plantago aristata)
Buck brush (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus)
Buckhorn (Plantago lanceolata)
Burdock (Arctium lappa)
Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)
Carpet weed (Mollugo verticillata)
Catnip (Nepeta cataria)
Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Chickweed (Stellaria media)
Cocklebur (Xanthium orientale)
Common mallow (Malva rotundifolia)
Common plantain (Plantago major)
Corn cockle (Agrostemma githago)
Creeping Jenny (Convolvulus arvensis)
Daisy fleabane (Erigeron annuus)
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum)
Dog fennel (Anthemis cotula)
Evening primrose (Enothera biennis)
False mallow (Sida spinosa)
Flower-of-an-hour (Hibiscus trionum)
Gill-over-the-ground (Nepeta hederacea)
Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris)
Horehound (Marrubium vulgare)
Horse mint (Monarda fistulosa)
Horse nettle (Solanum carolinense)
Horsetail fleabane (Erigeron canadensis)
Ironweed (Vernonia altissima)
Jimson weed (Datura stramonium)
Knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
Lamb's quarters (Chenopodium album)
Late-flowering thoroughwort (Eupatorium serotinum)
Man-under-ground (Ipomoea pandurata)
Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Moneywort (Lysimachia nummularia)
Morning glory (Impomoea purpurea)
Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)
Moth mullein (Verbascum blattaria)
Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)
Pennsylvania smartweed (Polyganum pennsylvanicum)
Peppergrass (Lepidium virginicum)
Pigweed (Amaranthus rectroflexus)
Poison Ivy (Rhus toxicodendron)
Pokeweed (Phytolacca decandra)
Poor Joe (Diodia teres)
Pursley (Portulaca oleracea)
Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota)
Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
Sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella)
Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
Shoestring smartweed (Polygonum Muhlenbergii)
Small-flowered buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus)
Smartweed (Polygonum hydropiper)
Snow-on-the-mountain (Euphorbia marginata)
Spanish needles (Bidens aristosa)
Spotted spurge (Euphorbia nutans)
Sweet clover (Melilotus alba)
Thorny pigweed (Amaranthus rectroflexus)
Three-seeded mercury (Acalypha virginica)
Trumpet creeper (Tecoma radicans)
Velvet-leaf (Abutilon theophrasti)
Vining milkweed (Gonolobus loevis)
White clover (Trifolium repens)
White snakeroot (Eupatorium urticoefolium)
White vervain (Verbena urticoefolia)
Wild bean vine (Strophostyles helvola)
Wild geranium (Geranium carolinianum)
Wild lettuce (Lactuca scariola)
Wild morning glory (Convolvulus sepium)
Wild mustard (Brassica arvensis)
Wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
Wild sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus)
Wild touch-me-not (Impatiens biflora)
Yarrow (Achillia millefolium)
Yellow dock (Rumex crispus)
IV WEED CONTROL