And as prevention is in most cases considered
preferable to cure, more care ought to be taken than generally is, of
all our hedges and waste pieces of land by road sides, &c. Many of these
plants are found growing in such places, and their seeds are of that
nature that they are calculated to fly to considerable distances,--a
contrivance in nature to fertilize the ground in her own way; but which,
as agriculturists, it is the business of men to check.
706. Bindweed, small - - Convolvulus arvensis.
707. Bindweed, large - - ----------- sepium.
708. Bistort - - - Polygonum bistorta.
709. Brakes - - - Pteris aquilina.
710. Clown's Woundwort - - Stachys palustris.
711. Cammock - - - Ononis arvensis.
712. Coltsfoot - - - Tussilago Farfara.
713. Crowfoot, creeping - - Ranunculus repens.
714. Goutweed - - - Aegopodium Podagraria.
715. Grass, Garden Couch - Triticum repens.
716. -----, Couchy-bent - Agrostis stolonifera.
717. -----, Couch Oat, or Knot Avena elatior.
718. -----, Creeping-soft - Holcus mollis.
719. Horsetail, Corn - - Equisetum arvense.
720. Persicaria, willow-leaved Polygonum amphibium.
721. Rest Harrow - - - Ononis spinosa.
722. Sow-Thistle, Corn - - Sonchus arvensis.
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