CAPEWEED.
6 MAY RE DECLARED NOXIOr^. I l'Klt PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLfXGTOX, This Day. A notice will be given in this week's GovtM-nnieirt Gazette tha't capeweed has been added to theth'ird schedule of the Noxious AVeeds Act. This meanis that local authorities will now be able t;> declare this plant a noxious weed should they think this cours? necessary. A great many fanners, especially in the South, are iu ithe habit- of applying the name. Capewed to .a plant whose prcper designation is cats-eai or hypoehaeris radieata. The Depa;rtmeut of Agriculture directs attention to .the- fact that tlie nlant. referred to in the Gazette notice., is true enp.'Werd, not cats-ear. Capeweed is a very undesirable plant, and tin l department considers tlvalt local a ! ut-horitit's in whoso district it may appear will ba acting wisely if tliev at O'lice declare it >a noxious weed.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 June 1910, Page 3
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143CAPEWEED. Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 June 1910, Page 3
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