. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. 222 PLANT SOCIETIES. 374. Tlie return to forest. Bushes and trees now begin to crowd. 362. Ill a large newly cleared area plants usnally first establish themselves in dense colonies. Note the great patches of nettles, jewel-weeds, smart-weeds, clot- burs, fire-weeds in recently cleared but neglected swales, also the fire-weeds in recently burned areas, the rank weeds in the neglected garden, and the ragweeds and May-weeds along the recently worked highway. The com- petition amongst themselves and with their neighbors finally breaks up the colon
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. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. 222 PLANT SOCIETIES. 374. Tlie return to forest. Bushes and trees now begin to crowd. 362. Ill a large newly cleared area plants usnally first establish themselves in dense colonies. Note the great patches of nettles, jewel-weeds, smart-weeds, clot- burs, fire-weeds in recently cleared but neglected swales, also the fire-weeds in recently burned areas, the rank weeds in the neglected garden, and the ragweeds and May-weeds along the recently worked highway. The com- petition amongst themselves and with their neighbors finally breaks up the colonies, and a mixed and intermin- fjU'd flora is gener- al J y the result. oG3. In most parts of the world the general tendency of neglected areas is to run into forest. All plants rush for the cleared area. Here and there bushes gain a foot- hold. Young trees come up: in time these shade the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan Co.