FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE. 235 



FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE. Hedijsarum. 

 Coronar'mm. 



Natural Order Papilionacece or Leguminos(£ : a Genus 

 of the Diadeljohia Decandria Class. 



•' Piiles the pasture's queen, where'er ye stray- 

 Pursues your steps delii,'-htecl, and tlic path 

 With livins^ verdure clothes. Around your haunts 

 The laug-hnifi^ Chloris with profusest hand 



Throws wide her blooms." 



Akenside. 



This species of Hedysarum, which we have so 

 improperly named after a country that it does not 

 belong to, and after a flower to which it has no 

 resemblance, is a native of Spain, and also of 

 some parts of Italy. It is the Saint-foin of the 

 Spanish fields, affording nourishment to their 

 cattle in the same manner as the Saint-foin and 

 Clover of our pastures assist to support our 

 herds. 



The French call this plant Sainfoin a bouquet 

 and Sainfoin d'Espagne. But this Holy-Hay of 

 the Spaniards does not appear to have been made 

 an object of agricultural experiments in other 

 countries, although its hardy nature and luxurious 

 growth is sufficient to have induced the trial. 



