RED CLOVER 



this plant in England are Sheep's Gowan, Honey- 

 stalks, and Shamrock. 



Belief in the magical and mystical power of certain 

 leaves and plants is very wide-spread and appears in 

 proverbs and jingles, of which the following is an ex- 

 ample: 



" Find even Ash or four-leaved Clover 

 You will see your true love 

 Before the day is over." 



Trljdlium pretense 



Short-lived perennial. Introduced from Europe. Ev- 

 erywhere. The State flower of Vermont. April-November. 



Stem. — Coarse, leafy, branching, more or less hairy, 

 six inches to two feet high, growing in tufts. 



Leaves. — Compound, of three leaflets; leaflets oval 

 or obovate, often notched at the apex and narrowed at 

 the base, where they unite at the same point ; margins en- 

 tire, and surface marked with whitish triangular spots; the 

 joints are sheathed with a pair of bristly, pointed stipules. 



Flowers. — In heads, rose-purple, fading with age. 



Calyx. — Persistent, five-cleft, the teeth like bristles. 



Corolla. — Papilionaceous, elongated, tubular, the petals 

 having grown together. 



Stamens. — Ten; nine with filaments united, one more or 

 or less separate. 



Pistil. — One, producing a small pod. 

 Pollinated by bumblebees. Nectar-bearing. 



"I wonder what the Clover thinks? 

 Intimate friend of Bobolinks, 

 Lover of Daisies slim and white, 

 Waltzer with Buttercups at night; 

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