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look fresh and plump. In time, if the plantlet thrive, the stems of the 



seed-leaves separate a little and a small, hairy 

 leaf appears, consistiug of a single folded 

 blade, borne on a short stem. ^ This is not 

 accidental for all of the plants have this habit. 

 If kept long enough in a thriving condition, 

 the next leaf will consist of three leaflets to 

 each leaf-stalk. 



When timothy and clover are sown together 

 in a box of earth in a school room, the clover 

 germinates first, but after the plants are up 

 an inch or two, the timothy will be the taller. 

 As the plants are set before a window they 

 will slant uniformly toward the light in a most 

 interesting manner. 



Both kinds of seed will grow very well in 

 cool weather. 



As before mentioned, a grain of timothy 

 remains on the ground or beneath the surface 

 wherever placed, if not disturbed, and a bud 

 ^:^^>''i, is formed near the grain. These buds are 

 ^ hardy and likely to be protected in a way to 



survive inclement weather to some extent, 

 Fig. 32. SeediiDff of red clover dis- such as frost or drouth. A youug clover 

 p aying Us rs rougb ea . plant, on the Contrary, thrusts up ai)ove the 

 soil a tiny stem carrying at the top its seed-leaves and the enclosed bud. 

 All that is left on the soil or beneath the surface will be the small roots 

 and these are not likely to survive very dry weather or severe cold. As 

 the roots of clover become longer and well established they contract, 

 drawing the cluster of short branches down close to the ground or a little 

 below the surface. These facts possibly help us to understand why clover 

 sown in autumn is not likely to winter well where the soil is uncovered by 

 snow. 



Pupils found it impossible to induce a clover seed to sprout a second 

 time after the sprouting seed had been thoroughly dried. After sowing 

 seeds in the open field in March, if the weather is warm enough to induce 

 germination, and this is followed by freezing while seeds are on the surface 

 of the soil, they will be killed, thus accounting in some cases for the failure 

 of a clover crop the succeeding year. 



