The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-29

DANDELION-A weIl-known plant, Tar
axacum officInale, natural order COM
positae, having a naked fistulous shape.
with one large bright yellow flower, AMI
tapeTing, milky, perennial root. 1t
Is found under several forms over the
whole of Europe Central and Northern
Asia and North America. The root has
been used as a substitute for coffee 1t
acts an aperient and tonic and is
esteemed in affections of the liver. The
seed of the plant is furnished with a
white pappus. and is Transported far
and wide by the wind. The flowers
open in the morning between 5 and s
O'Clock, and close between and GIN the
evening; hence this was one of the
plants chosen by Linnaeus for his floral
ciock.-Dwarf dandelion. of the United
States. Krigia Nirginica.-FalI dande-
lion, the LeontodOn autumnale.-False
dandelion, a branching composite of the
southern linked States, Pyrrhopappus
Carolinianus, with dandelion-like heads.
The Century Dictionary.
EFF | only had some d3ndylInc greens. |
know I'd feel a whole lot better and
ruts. Landsakes! I'll jest send back to
my niece's aunt Marthy Spillings in
Salem. and git some seeds
So spake Mrs. Elizabeth Hobbs. the re-
lict of Obadiah Hobbs. who came to this
valley many years ago. Fortunately for
the good Mrs. Hobbs she died a natural
death; she escaped the wrath OF a popu-
lace whose anger is unappeased and I'M
appeasable.
Mrs. Hobbs dandelion seed came in due
time. 1t was sown, and it terminated.
and one seed besat a million seeds, and
these million seeds begat billions of seeds.
and these billions of seeds begat trillions
of seeds until. at the last calculation of
the state board of dandeliOn inspectors. t
is estimated that tbs crop has far ex-
ceeded the OctiliiOn mark.
Everybody has dandelions. Some there
are whose lawns are apparently free from
them, bat they are n the SOIL and in
the air. The more one does through or
binary, legitimate effort 10 rid oneself
of the dandeiion pest the mere robust
the dandelion becomes and the more virile
and multitudinouS his progeny.
There is no record of the number of the
remedies for the dandelion curse put for
ward. For long time it was the prac-
tice to cut the weed off near the root.
drill hole into the root with a diamond
drill, put in a charge of dynamite and fire
the hole. Owing to the danger attendant
upon this method, the practice did not
find popular favor or duration. Another
means of Kidding the lawn of dandeliOns'
is to remove the pulp from the roots after
cutting the weed with sharp axe or sim
liar instrument. filling the excavation
with gasoline and setting fire to it. This
means of destruction should be used at
night, for its value is enhanced by the
pyrotechnie display which follows
to this method is the fact that there are
more dandeliOns than small boys to set
fire to them
Charlie Walker, seventh grade lad. says:
'Digum up wit a knife. l know lots o.
kids what amt got nothin to do on Sat
urday forenoons before the game, an
they'd be glad to turn a honest penny
Speaking of dandelions," said Johnnie
Burke Il once knew a fellow in Mon
tana who started out to kill his dandelions
by digging them up by the roots. He
started with the best and sharpeSt knife
his wife had in the kitchen. There was
no sign of the roots end when he got as
far as he could go with that kind of an
instrument, so he got spade. He went