lo Jan., 1910.] 



Sulla Clover. 



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3. Surface levelling in both orchards is to be carried out. 



4. The .subject of suitable stocks for various varieties of fruit trees is 

 to be .specially and practically studied ; and as far as possible it is intended 

 to produce from the School nursery, all trees required for the orchards. 



5. The planting of shrubberies of native Australian trees and shrubs 

 will receive prominent attention. 



SULLA CLOVER. 



{Hed ysanim coronarnim. L.) 

 G. A. Sinclair, Principal, Longer eiiong Agricultural College. 



The accompanying illustration shows some bushes of this valuable 

 fodder plant, which was described by the late F. von Mueller as " one of 

 the best of perennial fodder hexbs, yielding a bulky return." It was tried 

 at this College in 1900, by sowing seed obtained locallv ; but no plants 

 grew therefrom. Through the kindness of Mr. F. de Ca.stella, Govern- 

 ment Viticulturist, some seeds of two varieties were received and sown in 

 November, 1908. 



.STLLA CLOVER. 



The germination results were not very good, but the .seeds which ger- 

 minated made very vigorous growth all through the autumn. No irrigation 

 was applied at any stage. A stray cow ate the plants bare in the late 

 autumn, but they grew quickly again, and in the spring reached a height 

 of 5 feet. The flowers set badly at fir.st, but after the bees got to work 

 there was no further trouble in this direction. The blossom of the one 

 variety is white, and of the other red, the former seeming the more 

 vigorous of the two. Mr. de Castella mentions that he found it was 

 widely grown In Andalucia (Spain) and in the South of Fiance. It is 

 also common in Italv, and in the north of Africa. 



