Show weed slaps in german germany v the germans have some ideas which wo we iu in this country have borrowed with profit anti and there are st still 11 others which we might be wise to adept i among them no doubt are the dav w ul maps of different species of i weeds which hang in schoolrooms I 1 where the children can see them as long loag as they go to school A practical idea underlies the displaying of these maps it is well known that farmers are prone to treat all weeds alike and hardly to observe any difference between them whereas the natures of weeds differ sas as much as tho the natures of other plants do and the sort of treatment which will exterminate on will sometimes increase and multiply another it is ia important therefore there fora that the farmer and gardener should understand the weeds Weeda which they are trying to exterminate it is ia here that these german wall maps come in they show colored pictures of the most pestiferous weeds in all stages of growth and also the ways in which they scatter their seeds and propagate themselves by learning them thoroughly through seeing them day by day on the walls the child grows up with a knowledge of the best way to exterminate them youths companion |