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Excerpt from d104book of Pastoral and Agricultural Botany: For the Study of the Injurious and Useful Plants of Country and Farm It is hoped, that this handbook will appeal to the student of plant life, particularly to the people, who, as agriculturalists, stock raisers and veterinarians, want to know something concerning the botany of the economic plants of interest to them in their agricultural, pastoral, or professional work. The plants chosen for treatment in the descriptive text, as the injurious, or useful, are those which have proven to be so. Plants of doubtful. Position in these respects have been omitted. The writer wishes to acknowledge the help of Dr. John A. Kolmer of the Medical School, of the University of Pennsylvania, whb has read the pages on the phytotoxins and Ehrlich's theory of immunity; of Dr. C. Dwight Marsh, Expert, Poisonous Plant Investigations, Bureau of Plant Indus try, U.' S. Department of Agriculture for cooperation in securing the use of published departmental photographs and to Mr. C. V. Brownlow of the firm of P. Blakiston's Son Co. For the encouragement, which he has given during the publication of the book. 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.

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