WHITE CLOVER 



The White Clover is the low Clover that creeps over 

 the lawns, that comes up in the flower-beds, that makes 

 close, thick patches by the roadsides, and in climates 

 too warm for grass is often used as a dooryard cover. 

 It was long believed to be an 

 immigrant from Europe but is 

 now considered one of the few 

 species whose habitat is world- 

 wide, a native of Europe, Asia, 

 and America. 



The plant is a low, creeping 

 perennial that makes its way by 

 runners that root along the sur- 

 face of the ground. This root- 

 ing stem sends up leaves upon 

 long petioles, and also slender 

 flower-stems, each of which bears 

 one flower-head of white florets. 

 These florets are fragrant, full 

 of nectar which can be reached 

 by the honey-bee, and White 

 Clover honey is one of the choic- 

 est brands in the market. 



The heads are never pretty because the lower florets 

 open first and are successively reflexed, so that during 

 the flowering period the heads appear horizontally 

 divided between the withering and the opening florets. 



The leaf of the White Clover may well challenge 

 attention because of the interesting and independent 

 way that the leaflets behave when night comes on. To 

 observe this sleep movement select any White Clover 

 leaf having an upright petiole and with the three 

 leaflets expanded horizontally. As the evening comes 



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White Clover Leaves at Night. 

 Trifdlium ripens 



