Thistles.
TO THE EDITOB.
Fir,— ln your issue of 20th Dec. appared a letter from Mr A. Beaven, in which he warns the .settlera that the Canadian thistle has been introduced, and advisee them to j take some means to check its spread whilst it is possible to do so. In the Otago Witness of 3l*t Dec, in answer to a question, Cardwts arvensis is given aa the name of a thiitle having creeping roots, recently observed in the Tapanui district, and it is stated that it is a species which is common in Britain. Here in lavercargill we have had for a number of years a perennial creeping rooted thistle, which is by far the worat weed ever introduced here; when once it eets established there is no 'getting rid of it, for the smallest piece of root will grow, It is in several of oar streets, and also in Kast Invercargill. These thistles observed at different places are, I believe, all of oneepec ; ee. : It has doubtless been introduced in straw re-« ceived in packing cases from Britain. It is here Jikc the rabbits and the sparrows, and likely to remain. The bar or spear thistle, commonly called the Scotch thistle, is by comparison a harmless weed, for it is biennial and dies as soon aa it has flowered. — I am, «fca, Thomas Wahgh. 7th Jan., 1887.
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Southland Times, Issue 9411, 8 January 1887, Page 3
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229Thistles. Southland Times, Issue 9411, 8 January 1887, Page 3
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