Show IDENTIFICATION OF WEEDS I OFTEN A DIFFICULT TASK Government Have Havo to Paso Pase Upon all au Kinds of Plants Plant I Tho The office of or the Ue plant plant identification at al tho to department of o agriculture which shick Is Iii Jl over OCI by b W V F f Wright Wright hose knowledge of or plant life lo loI Is I very vory extensive often on IB IR called Clel upon to Identify the tho tl commonest weeds ns no nowell well wel as a the te rarest plant and nn treos Frequently ti specimens of ordinary ordina weeds woods find lind Inc their way war to 10 this ing omee and auth sometimes not nl enough of a i sample is i to make identification ion tion lon possible rime Tho milk weed has ha bath hod many man runs on ott the samples sample com coat coming comIn lug ing In In Iii from all al sections s tho the senders desiring d to know all ni about lie Iho weed Its iLs Il uses possibilities and ad the like W ero a n large larso specimen Is sent In oC of o course COI Identification Is easy but when Imperfect specimens I IUn aio Un received they tho th find their way at I once to 10 tho the limbo of oC tho ho wastepaper Mr 11 Wright an lila his associates a are aro I very verr obliging and are aro glad to Identify I when whon possible any may mi bo ho o I sent sont in iii When they thoy toy finally decide d cdo what a n plant Is IH to 10 what particular branch of a n given glyen family It belongs belon and other incidentals their decision can cnn bo he h safely sae relied upon But it is not always easy to Identify a plant I Sometimes Some a most careful crell painstaking ing study sud is required Mr I 1 Wright toM told tho timi Womans National Dally Daily that ho hohas hohas t has bas had ha to t consult con hundreds of o f vol volumes 01 I umes of scientific works In order to t Identify some seine single specimens sent In iii His Is one of the Important offices tho the work of which Is on quietly anti and of which little lile Is known An A an accomplished botanist Mr Mm 11 Wright receives a difficult el specimen men with zest arid and ad as a a t rule Jule thoroughly thoro hl enjoys tracing up the different species specie and anti branch families Sometimes ho will wi find dud that tnt there are arc a score of or more different branches branch os of a given species After A Hor having hn vI n g located tIme the I ape species des cies therefore he lie must determine tho the branch to which the specimen belongs belon J This is not difficult In cases where time the i havo blazed time the 11 way and nn printed descriptions are arc available But not Infrequently a a specimen Is sent in for which im 11 im such aid ald can cn ho bo sent in by b the person desiring to t know found lii lu such a n case much depends I Ion on time the accuracy of or the time description i the te plants Identity For r or example a a I specimen was received from Califor California nia nm Tho Time botanists soon son discovered that it was from rein ti a rare plant plant They had little JUe to go by hr ii In the way wa of print printed ed cd matter laler The Time sender stated s td hat that the Ole leaf Ic which he lie sent In came from froma froma a 1 a tree He gave gac the tho color cor t of the blossom blosom blos oni but hut mild did lit not enclose one After a n long search the botanists were obliged to give ghe un W q temporarily r rant and ant await time the receipt of or i blossom tho fOllowing season seaon When it was ie ye i It was nothing like tho the original I description The he identity of the treo was wa established without much further trouble Mr jr Wright and his associates are aro ao not asking that readers of oi the time paper J send In samples of o any a an back or or any an pl nt whatsoever from froni Idle cu curiosity curiosity t When then a a specimen Is sent in iii inthey inthe they the want It Il to t bo ho as ai nearly nearl perfect as possible In Iu timEs thia respect persons de desiring desiring siring to know the Identity of or plants can largely cooperate coop orate with the time got gov government gO experts Every Eve perfect men no mutter matter mut r how lon common it may maybe maybe maybe be after identification has hag been beon established becomes bec Ues part por of or a permanent exhibit lt for scientific purposes The Tho office of plant Identification has hasan hasan an extensive libraty containing thou thousands thOl thousands sands of volumes volume To knows know these th e books boks well neli wel Is i to h hoo vc at tho the tongues reach the established oath end enl QT oj Q and authenticate plant life Ifo of ot orI divis divEs divisions divisIons I ions ninny many ln countries and geographic |