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PINK TO RED 



RED CLOVER 



Trifolium pratctisc. Pea Family 



Stems: ascending, somewhat hairy; pistules broadly lanceolate, mem- 

 branaceous, nerved, setaceously acmninate. Leaves: leaflets obcordate, 

 nearly entire. Flowers : heads ovate, dense, nearly sessile, bracteate ; teeth 

 of the calyx setaceous, hairy, the lower one much longer than the other 

 four ; petals purple-red, all united into a tube at the base. Not indigenous. 



Thoreau speaks of the fields blushing with Red Clover 

 "as the western sky at evening." Every one knows the 

 Clover. Every one has walked ankle-deep in meadows rich 

 with its red flowers. Some of us are even fortunate enough 

 to "live in clover," — but not all ! It is a quaint conceit of 

 the Red Clover to fold its leaves in sleep each night, the two 

 side leaflets drooping downwards together and the terminal 

 one bowed over them. 



The name Clover probably comes from the Latin clava, 

 meaning " club," and refers to the possible resemblance 

 between the trefoil leaf and the three-headed club of Her- 

 cules. The "clubs" on playing cards are, no doubt, also an 

 imitation of the clover leaf. 



MACKENZIE'S HEDYSARUM 



Hedysaniin Mackejizii. Pea Family 



Stems: suberect, simple or branched, minutely pubescent. Leaves: five 

 to eight pairs, oblong. Flowers: seven to thirty, loosely flowered: bracts 

 subulate; teeth of the calyx as long as the tube. 



A bright rose-magenta wild Pea that grows to a height of 



two feet in the mountain meadows. It is a large, spreading, 



handsome plant. 



