Anthyllis Vulneraria (Ladi/'s Fingers), 



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determined to make trial of the Anthyllis under cultivation, and 

 I now proceed to glance at the results. 



Having obtained two packets of seed from the Messrs. Sutton, 

 named as follows, Anthi/ His Vulneraria and Anthyllis jaune, these 

 were drilled in rows nine inches apart, in May, 1864. Now, as 

 every one will remember, this was an exceedingly dry summer, 

 so that the plants barely established themselves before winter : 

 however, on the 1st of May, 1865, the following results were 

 noted, which I give in connection with those obtained from 

 clover and its allies, of which more than fifty varieties were in 

 cultivation in my experimental garden. These results were 

 tabulated on the 1st of May, as evidence of the value of each 

 plant for green food at a season when, as all farmers well know, 

 succulent food for soiling is specially valuable from its scarcity. 



Results of some Experiments icith Clovers and Kindred Plants. 



The conclusions to be drawn from this table in reference to 

 the other varieties of this order under trial may be reserved for 

 future consideration. 



The Anthyllis jaune, or Trefle jaune des Sables of the French, 

 and the Gemeiner Wimoklee of the Germans has been under 

 cultivation both in France and Germany for some time ; I have, 

 therefore, no doubt that our seed of Anthyllis jaune was from the 

 plant in cultivation in France, and that of the Antliyllis Vulne- 

 raria of our list was from the seed introduced to the notice 

 of English agriculturists. But be this as it may, the difference 

 is apparent, not only in the weight of the produce, but in 

 other particulars now to be mentioned. In the wild plant 

 the terminal leaflet of the pinnate leaves is about an inch 

 long and three-eighths of an inch broad, and is covered with 



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