Just Weeds

by Edwin Rollin Spencer, Emma Bergdolt (Illustrator)

This is a most useful book that gardeners of America have long needed: an up-to-date, clear, and concise manual of weeds. To have a lawn, garden, farm or orchard means that the owner must wage continual war with these persistent plants. In the past, the gardener struggling against the inroads of weeds has been wrestling in the dark, for he has known what only a few of them are, and next to nothing about their life habits. With this book at hand he will recognize his adversary for what it is, and will know how it can be eradicated by methods other than laborious hand-pulling and hoeing.

333 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1940

Reviews

[Kydio · Rating 4 out of 5]

it has very nice drawings of many common weeds - but you probably want to skip his advice on how to get rid of them .


- spoiler alert -


he recommends DDT to control the weeds

in case you're not familiar with DDT - its like using a shotgun to control mice inside your house