| Show S GATHER J 1 I i i mj ti tl V N SEEDS l a rl And Prepare Unique Herbariums Of Common Fall Fail i 4 I Species s r WONDERS OF PLANT LIFE t 1 t I J Udo Work or of Common School drool f fy y t i trucks 11 by III lug t 4 f It Is III mostly the Tall weeds prat h t arc difficult to studY They ire arc complex and lit their e beau r iy t to I lean evident than Ihan that of tha thaI I F flowers and they are arl not usual f Iy collected In school herbarIum Yet p arr t tl is b ur greater reason reMan for studying them than the tho specks species for tor their I nature theIr work nun and their econom economIc Fw Ic He are tar far more than t ll Is the tho case with the spring nora flora Tito Titor r r l of Its seed la h the lending ob object oba a j sect of the life lite of tho the plant and this work 4 tho of tho lIy their traits uw 0 know them them S rho ho list hero given those r I I for tor study from the tho fifth to the y eighth grades rales of the tho schools 00 1 s t 0 AT WI I f LAt At the state university last week weck the I I t I T t r t I j l x f r i wit t t c e i j S 1 r 1 1 H I I 1 tr I 1 t N I 0 t NI 1 r I N milt II o Ma ar b tal SEEDS THAT FLY DY BY MEANS OF PARACHUTES t i 1 I t 1 Seneda one of our wild lowert 3 2 3 4 ci r k a b 5 0 or r cotton grass rass G 0 com compare f i Ip I pare with oar 7 with fruit similar to that of d 11 1 f f t thI tel 8 and 0 Dandelion I Pi rt q 0 kj r J weed Iced c made by the tho fourth 0 y year were wert for tor itt In t L Each student had pressed tI I mounted and from 20 to 10 76 75 ur lit the rail fall weeds and from 10 r nr 44 of f sews ot of the wane sumo spa ape 1 Ilea dell collections were unique In p r t and a good dial deal diale J e j r hard care and Industry la In Front From the tho list submit l Q i te each student In methods s r d one specimen wIth u matter for tor the theaS aS I J school thool herbarium Prom From this specimen elmen 4 4 study lud the tho followIng list is III abridged for tor forthe the tho c convenience ot of tiro Interested In Inthe Inthe the native lowers ors The original l contains ono one column for 1 shape sire edge ru IU oce s I li II Rind another for tor roots 1 I branched fibrous mutual peren tI l t t I r ra a r f rI i iI r I r rr L Lt r i f t 1 r 55 1 r 9 it 4 n t t n y i it t GUM PLANT OR ARNICA d Sl 4 i r i from nature for tor tits this nr ar arY Y by nn an EIghth grade student 1 slat another for Cor method of e t extermination etc another for r t grouping type plan vIall number of puts parts r 0 ett att more complete study of the thew tj w tri tall fall 1 here given and of others other r not m hers hert mt may later ho he pub by the tho university The summary will illustrate the tho method Md and should be In Iny y r t I most M l to Identify the tho Plant i CO COMMON ItON SlI ClES S lettuce has 1 W g prickly leaves pointing north 1 a corn com compa corns s q pa ors plant seeds corb 11 In heads flying by bya a and 11 1 bird toad food I elder ire In 1 is III 1 a tall S r r with lib r IS of yellow 0 t s ers sows lOa 0 of them naked or without kt ti t fi r y ta f students drawing p f has 1 uM ill Tarr UI and aud large yellow t ra morn IM Tae Asters Anell A and A k v 5 Ir lores n snit end stiff J and 1111 IYIh r nod Ind violet hovers I cat Wash t h a 11 silvery liver with three 1 s r J la tile the must and Th unada anada thistle 1 and Ind the null hull thistle II c clyd i tUIl tue have bristle leaves end lyd flowers the r being small I e rf of Dr nn an Inch wide wll weed weeda pet p II a The The t Dandelion nd lIon dens den tennis i known II to every cry one with See Ree cut Bird too foil and andi i rw bf i medicIne Tho ho HOlY Fow thistle Uen ls has iu fleshy e hy steles prickly t t t t r ya yal 7 l 0 r g S 11 J Jw w ru s 4 v t pe t r x idi of br tie vi SEEDS WITH APPENDAGES FOR MR Am TRAVEL 1 a grass gras 9 and 3 n 11 grass glas t 4 Geum mono mon tanum one cite of our fied field lowers flowers lengthened and hairy style which care rlee the n a parachute b 6 a 0 I or wll low herb her n 11 slender will wild weed common In tho ha summer S Clemath mule with appendages less lees beautiful than those In III our own C Do or bower and parachute seeds Bird toad food Murdock Durdock lappa has large woolly woolI leaves grooved stoma and seeds carried by hooks hook Medicine Tim Tho Oum Gunt plant or arnica weed rosa has horizontal leaves eaves and sticky heads White sage ag Arto Arte has hal silvery wand like stems and woolly leaves Fodder Grows Grans on fertile soil has hall branches branchell n 11 foot hIgh yellow flowers and awl Ilko leaves It Itis is III a 11 whoso whose use Is not known I Ambrosia Ambrosin has rough ragged leaves burs bUrll and II a of that freely sprinkle their yellow pollen dust Am means food of the thA go gods s and so It must be for tor nothing on earth eats It unless It bo be Insects on account of ltd Illi Intensely bitter After frost comes the stems are titled with n a red dye of us the In Indians lans use a outdo from Its leaves aj as n a cure for tor the tho bile ot of the rattle rattlesnake rattlesnake snake The Iho Cocklebur eme Is distinguished b by n a spotted potted stem rough disagreeable odor olor and burs burll all an Inch long clue cine A weed pest Rabbit brush lus Ius Is nn en interesting shrub with smooth stems few lW and threadlike lea leaves es showy yellow flowers Rill auf seel seed hearing n 11 pretty parachute for air travel Airs food and rabbit sh shelter It e I Tho Goldenrod has haM long plumes of gOlden and ho has been proposed rill as think for they prefer the tho columbine all as the tho national lower Or and bird food tood Yarrow Achille is hi well known from Itar odor its finely dissect dissected ed upright steers std heads of small white towers The tall fall are ntO suitable nA as n II rule for study In the tho seventh and eIghth grades ns as are also obo the tho cd grains and the followIng wild grass grasses E es COMMON WILD Juno Jutie grass covers Utah as tar far eastward nil as the western slopes of the main range ranlO of oC mountains It has hns one aided nodding panicles of flowers and is III less than a afoot tool foot high This pst pest feeds the forest tree It waa IS introduced from Crom tim tho west lUll It III n a thousand pities that It was not exterminated on Its fret appear appearance ance eum with II a spike somewhat hung n squirrels is III common every overy everywhere where a Is also ulso and most stately cheat grass ruS or che chess which has hns n a spreading pant l clo ot of tUr turgid td supplying bird toad food Orchard IC grass S crus III is III well known but boo be besides sides these It Is probable that rOIl red redtop top timothy wire grass blue grass salt faU grass the horsetail nM and the bull rush arc the tho only grass and sedge e species commonly known by name namer r ft p 4 P r ro t o K l I F 1 r 1 1 4 THE MARSH ELDER OR IVA IV A Drawn front from for this nr Ucle b by nn an grade grado student rhey are arc all Interesting objects for es ec with n a hand l lens and pre present sent Bent fine for ter ST nN J NOT Wl EDS Our knot weeds s form an r I group 01 One division known as Erlo on desert or semi arid 11 and sandy regIons without alkali They have haN bare branching thin and of often ton leaves sonic limes woolly forming n n rosette at the base bue of the stern stem anal spikes of pretty pink or while flowers Many of the knotweed order loly have peculiar three winged seeds as shown In our contemn dock whose heavy spikes of brown fruit hung nil all to teed feed the tho birds The dock tollus Is ver sery Medicine The Tho Is another with pink hovers and smooth pointed leaves I Most Interesting of the tho order per perhaps perhaps haps Is the tho most common of all 1111 the group Kroup call called The trail log Ing knotgrass Is found In dooryards covering places and rubbish with nn elegant laced Inee carpet carpel of jointed sterns and producing tin 1111 Infinite num her ber of seeds for the birds bird Certain erect knot weeds also are hat uncommon mon man Most lot of the order have jointed sterns stems which are sheathed sheathe l by papery coverIngs AND OR AS WOOD An Interesting group of desert shrubs described In a former article are the tho f the the Utah the tho Tumbleweed alba the tho wInter sage the tho salt saltbush bush and the prick prickly ly Iy pr pear with rose like flowers All of these may bo be used as fodders but the tho Sarco batus seems worthless DS Many of our tall fall weeds belong to the order artier all weedY looking and apparently worthless hut but supplying a great abundance of bird food Ten Ien kinds of pIgweed were found by the on the campus carpus Ol and school garden The Tho lira are as are nl so sn the redroot the amaranth the Russian thistle and I several meal mealy leaved plants that grow In cultivated fields and on alkaline plains MUSTARDS The mustards whIch have seeds In pods pads t form another Ruether familiar group of at easy cosy study an and of w known qualities The water atel cress the black and tho rho ello p mustard the tho shepherds purse the false flu flax Came Cameline linn line with pods on short the bushy Stan leyn of the tho fields with purple flowers long pods and cu cut t leaves leave these are all common and lit In weeds when observed atilt grouped together The radish pepper grass etc belong hero WEEDS THAT FORM MATS The dandelion Is the best known of at r Dm A GERANIUM Drawn from nature for this by nn an Eighth grade student of the state normal the mat mal plants and Its seed parachute see cut Is ono one of the most The and the knotweed haw have been men mentioned lion cd above the fhe amaranth or tumbleweed forms torms a thick rug of ten II a yard In diameter but the Spurge forms torms a 11 beautiful and delicate mat of at Jointed spreading Ilke e leaves leavell that Is perfectly beautiful to tn Use the tho lan guage of the tho sixth grade students who Tho found It on II a nigh high hill hili side It may b be known by Its milky Juice small en tire leaves add towers anti and flesh nuh color A woolly mat 1 a foot In dla meter Is made by our little verbena verbena which has haa Incon blue flowers burled In its hairy leaves The see cut of fruit torms arias a amat amat mat nil as many other weeds do when hen It Is cut off or mown on the lawn Its striking fruit elegant corn cont pound leaves jointed stems and pretty prett pink flowers together with the tho fact that It blooms for six Ills months If cut down and the curious beha behavior of Its spirally uncoiling fruit make It n a most Interesting study Tim THE All the tho plants of the legume or pea tam family II ar are nitrogen storeys and lne M as previously explained enrich the desert soil oll Of at the o two kinds of ladys fin get Jer and A Io 10 are aro the tho IIO most common cornmon of the hlll but there thero are ninny des desert de ert rt plants plant of this order The poisonous Woolly loco loc 1 grows In our lur state The They all 1111 bear pods The wild p Jen ca the lupines the covers lucern etc belon belong to this family as well n the loell locust t shade tr trees e also abo the tho Tweet clover albs alba the tho rod rad curd tine tho white clovers TilE THE FA FAMILY 1 II LT The plants growing In moist soils solis the catnip ne nc the rUru blum vulgar form nn an interesting group for tor dUll study because ot of their square l stems opposite and crenate leaves nr medicinal qualities omo of at ands o Qt calyx tubes havo hav hooky hook tM for clinging In order to scatted the tho se seed PL PLANTS TS All of the lar largo e family of at thin tho urn um hi h aring their Iced In um heads must tc be studied whets when the awns ore nfl ripe though they all lower earl early or Of these thin tho wild carrot corrot 1110 stoat moat of the Iho order oner hM has compounded upper loaves lencil lint end a r rosette of leaves below buloW 11 hn has hooked reads rued mul is 18 n a seine fome pest rho cow Ilar h Um which grows to In our w hs has tare leaves and anda a rOot hike n a parsnip but subdivided Tins This root In III pol and Is III call called d the wild The ear car carIol rat Iol and parsnip art are of Chia Il FALL First t In th the 3 mill milk milkweed weed ced with Its odd I that entrap 16 ll its 1114 pacts or of shingled s I appendage d with tho ho beautiful study flown down by br means of which they th Ily on the breeze The Tho monkey tY flower lowr with hollow stems golden t lower flower t In wet daces and blooming nil summer ri the alto large larg beau benu with gr yellow flowers several inches lb In f size opening In sunshine un lIlno with sticky from barbed hairs n ld growing In nr very dry places the m meth th with a straight stem feet high woolly st yellow tine the major small mat In dooryards with a little of green anti and n a pod Joll that cuts two t vo teacups to cast out the tho reeds the tho wild morning glory With showy twining st atoms climb by ot of hairy s pointing Its near relative the tho mis miserable erable ble dodder Illier r n I of the tho Heide palo pale leafless sterns litem en and strangle the growing plants the scarlet m at t astr urn cocci of the tho hill sides and tho tha cheese wood mahn of the fluids both bolh known UI ails children with like Jlko the tho hollyhock these we think shoat eons tho tha list of 10 cis and for tor fall toIl study of their relation to a 01 of their and atul 1 I Ii t Y 7 r r rr a r r yu yur r v i r rc c ED OR RAGWEED Drawn tram from natura for this lithe b by an Eighth grade stu student ont of the state elate normal |
