Excerpt from Noxious Weeds and How to Destroy Them Annual. Grows to a height of from 2 to 18 inches. The smaller plants have a single stem with few branches. The larger are branched and bushy. The leaves are somewhat elongated, are about ll inches long and set right on the stem without a stalk. The blossoms are very small, are white and.have four petals and for sepals, they are in clusters which are extensions of the main stem or of the lateral branches, and each one is attached to the stem by a little stalk of its own. The flowers at the lower part come out first, and the pods may be almost ripe while the upper part is still in bloom. The distinguishing features are its dis agreeable smell and, its peculiarly shaped pod. The pod is of a light green color, flat, from 1 to 1} inch broad, heart shaped and deeply indented at the top. It has two cells, and each cell contains from {our to eight seeds. The seed is similar to, though much smaller than that of cauli flower. Plants growing when winter comes on will retain their vitality and produce and shed their seed very early, and these seeds will often repro duce twice in the same season. The seed being small will not germinate unless very near the surface, and when buried below the germinating point will retain its vitality for many years. The milk produced by cows which have access to Stink Weed is not fit for use, and unless such stock is removed from such pasture two or three weeks previous to slaughtering the beef is unmarketable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.