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Hello my fellow goons. I found out I have a collection of really old plant books. Like this one. I looked through one and the first section I landed to was about the author having very strong opinions on wild garlic. This compelled me to read more of it, like the material enough for me to read even more of it, then decide to share this knowledge with the rest of you. So! Let's peruse the contents, shall well? What catches your eye? (Also, pardon the mystery stains. poo poo is old.)    
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Feb 15, 2018 15:56
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Here is a primer: the section on WILD GARLIC I transcribed in the bad book thread, then wisely decided to do it electronically.   
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Feb 15, 2018 15:58
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I won't stand idly by and let some ancient piece of poo poo besmirch the godsend that is garlic.
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Feb 15, 2018 16:02
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Man that guy really has it out for wild garlic. Also I want to learn more about the weed named after me (horehound).
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Feb 15, 2018 16:04
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yeah I eat rear end posted:Man that guy really has it out for wild garlic. Bit blurry on the edges, hope you don't mind.    I am also wondering if I should google image search modern color photographs of these plants but that would probably kill the magic 
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Feb 15, 2018 16:09
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I like just the drawings personally. Also I definitely belong in "waste places" so I think this horehound plant is definitely for me.
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Feb 15, 2018 16:23
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Let's have another one, Sheep sorrel! This is the other one that compelled me to make this thread:    
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Feb 15, 2018 16:34
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drat, I'm going to start keeping my cows away from garlic.
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Feb 15, 2018 16:35
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I imagine him angrily adding that last (Naturalized from Europe) bit in as if to imply a communist weed could never have originated on Pure American Soil. Modern textbooks should be written in this style where you can dunk on some stupid plants in the captions instead of having to be all technical about everything.
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Feb 15, 2018 16:38
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Pick up 'the wonder book of plant life' by j.h. fabre, lots of great pictures like that and beautifully written Hey cool-archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.351353 Free Cheese fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Feb 15, 2018 |
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Feb 15, 2018 16:44
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I refuse to go where the horehound is, and insist it come to me. 
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Feb 15, 2018 16:45
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Free Cheese posted:Pick up 'the wonder book of plant life' by j.h. fabre, lots of great pictures like that and beautifully written Originally printed in 1924 (apparently) goddrat. Here's one I just scanned- the Nimble Will!    *The book slipped a bit at the end, thats why the last page looks hosed up. But are YOU a Nimble Will?
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Feb 15, 2018 16:50
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Ugh I loving hate horse nettle.
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Feb 15, 2018 16:52
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Peetown Manning posted:Ugh I loving hate horse nettle. There is surprisingly little information about it in the book.   
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Feb 15, 2018 17:01
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Natural garlic flavor in a steak sounds like a marketing winner to me. I'm an idea man though, not a farmer.
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Feb 15, 2018 17:29
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wild garlic you motherfucker you piece of poo poo
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Feb 15, 2018 18:20
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im not high enough for this
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Feb 15, 2018 18:30
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Tell me more about this flower-of-an-hour, op
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Feb 15, 2018 18:33
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Ziv Zulander posted:Tell me more about this flower-of-an-hour, op Yes.   
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Feb 15, 2018 18:49
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This book is actually great. I want to see what he has to say about the pernicious dandelion.
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Feb 15, 2018 19:31
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DACK FAYDEN posted:This book is actually great. I want to see what he has to say about the pernicious dandelion. Here you go     
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Feb 15, 2018 19:50
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I genuinely never thought about its name meaning "tooth of the lion" so I even learned something!
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Feb 15, 2018 19:54
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snoop dandelion
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Feb 15, 2018 20:47
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pp 207 plz I need to know if I hate this dude or not.
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Feb 15, 2018 20:51
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dee eight posted:pp 207 plz Catnip it is.   
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Feb 15, 2018 20:57
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hit me with some of that jimson weed
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Feb 15, 2018 21:01
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Mozi posted:hit me with some of that jimson weed     
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Feb 15, 2018 21:05
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dee eight posted:I need to know if I hate this dude or not. Well alright. This guy is A-OK in my book. Nice job on the illustration, too.
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Feb 15, 2018 21:11
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Cool! I'm actually growing a couple of those because the flowers are amazing and smell great, but maybe they bred out the foul odor of the leaves at some point because I don't notice it... Also a little surprised he didn't say 'don't eat the drat seeds.'
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Feb 15, 2018 21:13
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After sentence one of the Catnip section I had to google "emmenagogue" (which, by the way, is a substance that stimulates or increases menstrual flow) and then sentence two was like "you probably have to use a dictionary to figure out what that means  "I love this dude
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Feb 15, 2018 21:15
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only old book on weed you need is the bible god posted:Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
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Feb 15, 2018 21:40
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I'm glad you guys are enjoying it. I'm gonna post more sections I liked enough to scan on my own volition tomorrow. Hopefully, I can scan more requests for specific weeds that catch your eyes. And here's a modern color photo of a seedpod from the aforementioned Jimson weed. Just look at it  
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Feb 16, 2018 04:57
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i like how he was talking about sour and sweet soil. based on the other passages, it seems likely that he was being literal and liked to go around eating dirt.
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Feb 16, 2018 05:07
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:i like how he was talking about sour and sweet soil. based on the other passages, it seems likely that he was being literal and liked to go around eating dirt. Or perhaps his enemies. E: sweet and sour soils are an old-fashioned method of talking about PH levels. sour=acidic, sweet=alkaline 
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Feb 16, 2018 05:10
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EorayMel posted:Or perhaps his enemies. Except wild garlic. gently caress that plant.
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Feb 16, 2018 06:52
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hell yes scan more walls of text this is the content i crave!!!
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Feb 16, 2018 06:57
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This is excellent
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Feb 16, 2018 07:30
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Do Pigweed
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Feb 16, 2018 07:30
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Did you do Jimson Weed yet?
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Feb 16, 2018 07:48
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If your cow gives garlic milk, make garlic butter.
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