THE WEED FLORA OF IOWA: Iowa Geological Survey--Bulletin 4--Rev. Ed

by Pammel, L.H., & King, Charlotte M

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Des Moines:: Iowa Geological Survey,, 1926. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; college name rubberstamped on book block edges; spine ends lightly worn; front hinge reinforced; otherwise good.. + bibliography + glossary + index. Profuse in-text b&w drawings + photos. First 429pp. describe & illustrate `weeds [that] do an enormous damage to the crops of Iowa...annual injury $50,000,000.' ||| Then, pages discuss seed characters; morphology of weed leaves & flowers; weed roots & root-stocks; seasonal weed succession; weed seed dissemination & migration; parasitic fungi harbored by weeds; eradication. ||| Weeds so affected crop production that the Weed and Seed Law of Iowa, detailed on pages 654-660, required each person (including railroads) owning or controlling land to cut, burn or destroy designated noxious weeds or be taxed the cost of Towns doing it. There were also strict requirements for seed purity.