. Bulletin - Biological Survey. Zoology, Economic. D a Fig. 3.—Seeds of blue vervain (Verbena hastaia). (From Hillman, Nevada Experiment Station.) lamb's-quarters, chickweed, stick-tight, sorrel, button weed (PL II, fig. 11), and stick-seed. To this list W. D. Doan adds clover and partridge One plant in the above list, namely, buttonweed, is known also as alligator head in the South, where it is a bad weed in rice fields. It has been said that " as the seeds are about the color of the soil they are not easily seen and are not apt to be picked up by ; This is a mistake, ho
. Bulletin - Biological Survey. Zoology, Economic. D a Fig. 3.—Seeds of blue vervain (Verbena hastaia). (From Hillman, Nevada Experiment Station.) lamb's-quarters, chickweed, stick-tight, sorrel, button weed (PL II, fig. 11), and stick-seed. To this list W. D. Doan adds clover and partridge One plant in the above list, namely, buttonweed, is known also as alligator head in the South, where it is a bad weed in rice fields. It has been said that " as the seeds are about the color of the soil they are not easily seen and are not apt to be picked up by ; This is a mistake, however, for these seeds are devoured by many kinds of birds, and some, as the bobwhite, eat large numbers (From Hillman, of them. After plants have seeded it is impossible for man appreciably to diminish the number of seeds. But this work is the peculiar function of. Fig. 4.—Seeds of ribgrass (Plantago lanceolata) Nevada Experiment Station.) a Bull. 3, Agr. Exp. Sta., W. Va., 1888, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Bureau of Biological Survey. Washington : Govt. print. off.
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