June and Early July 



lish Royal Agricultural Society, to the 

 effect that the growth of pink clover de- 

 pended largely on the proximity of old 

 women. The speaker argued that old 

 women kept cats ; cats killed mice ; mice 

 were prone to destroy the nests of the 

 bumblebees, which alone were fitted, 

 owing to the length of their probosces, to 

 fertilize the blossoms of the clover. Con- 

 sequently, a good supply of clover de- 

 pended on an abundance of old women. 



The little yellow hop- clover has just 

 begun to make its appearance in the sandy 

 fields and along the roadsides. Although 

 it is very common, and in spite of its 

 general resemblance, both in leaf and 

 flower, to the other clovers, it seems to 

 be recognized but seldom. I have known 

 people to gather it with unction and send 

 it to some distant botanical friend as a 

 rarity. 



One morning last fall I found a quan- 

 tity of blood-red clover - heads by the 

 53 



