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White Clover {Trifoluvi jv>j;eHs).— Uncertain and unreliable in its growth, some- 

 times covering the ground with a thick mat of vigorons plants, and then often dis- 

 appearing for several seasons. A good grazing plant for cattle, but thought by M 

 some to be injurious to horses and mules. ■ 



Yellow Lupine {Litpinus 7h/<;hs).— Annual ; stem erect, stout, 2 to 3 feet; leaves 

 numerous, palmately compound, large; flowers in large and showy terminal clusters. 



This plant, unlike most other legumes, grows best on a soil containing but little 

 lime, and so is especially valuable for the soils aloug the coast and ior much of the 

 pine-woods region. It affords good grazing, and the hay is valued as fully equal to 

 that from red clover. The seed is high priced, and as from 75 to 100 pounds are 

 required per acre the plant is not yet common, but is well wi;rth planting experi- 

 mentally on soils poor in lime. In Europe it is used successfully for renovating 

 worn out sandy soils. 



