have-escaped

Updated: May 23, 2025

Many of our worst weeds are plants that have-escaped from cultivation, as the wild radish, which is troublesome in parts of New England; the wild carrot, which infests the fields in eastern New York; and the live-forever, which thrives and multiplies under the plow and harrow.

John Burroughs - The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton