3 





France, Brittany, &c, as a forage plant, suitable for all kind 

 of stock. It is recommended to cut every two years. Average 



acre 



maint 



sometimes kept down for 15 to 20 years (Inter. Rev. Agric. Rome 

 vii. Oct. 1916, p. 1407). 



t 2. Dec. 1911, " Cultivation of Furze for Fodder and for Seed 



in France/ 5 pp. 759-762; Nov. 1912, " Gorse, Furze or "Whins as 

 a Forage Crop/ 5 pp. 670-671; Aug. 1915, ; ' Gorse or Furze/' 

 pp. 455-456. 3a- No; 34, 1915, " Autumn and Winter Fodder/' 

 Gorse or Furze/' pp. 3-4. 



Cylisus pallidus, Poir.\ Gacia bhmca (La Palina). C. pal- 

 mensis, Hutchinson] Tagasaste. C. stenopetaius, Christ: 



Gacia. 



Shrubs 10 to 15 ft., native of the Canary Islands where they are 

 cultivated as forage crops. The plants may he cut two or three 

 times a year and 35 lb. of green branches chopped and mixed 

 with 20 lb. of chopped straw is said to be a sufficient daily feed 

 for a horse or cow. Seeds, espe tally of " Ta^asaste " have been 

 distributed from the Royal Gardens (beginning 1879) to various 

 Colonial Governments, and very satisfactory reports of successful 

 growth have been received from South Australia, Ootacamund 

 (Madras), Natal, Cape Province (Union of South Africa), &e. 

 The introduction, however, is only of importance to countries 

 with a hot, dry climate, similar to that of the Canaries, in the 

 Tropics or Sub-tropics, where other fodder plants are scarce and 



difficult to establish. 



1. 1891, " Tagasaste (Cylisus proliferus, Linn, var.}" pp. 



ic r 



239-244; 1893, Ibid. var. palmensis, pp. 115-117; 1918. 

 Tagasaste and Gacia (Cytisus spp.)/ 3 pp. 21-25. la. ix, 2 



(1912) "Cytisus." pp. 179-180. 



Medicago lupulina, Linn.; Black Medick, Minette, Trefoil. 

 Yellow Trefoil, Yellow Clover, Nonsuch. 



Annual. Europe, Africa, India, America — thoroughly estab- 

 lished from Ontario to the Gulf of Mexico (Piper). 



A forage plant commonly grown in pastures. The seed has 

 been used to adulterate that of €t Alfalfa/ 5 and this may account 

 for the circulation at times of the empty legumes, of which a 

 sample was submitted to -Kew for identification in 1904, said to be 

 used as a cattle food in the north of France, under the name of 

 €t Lea Casses de Minettes." Another sample wj 

 course of the present year, and they have also 

 mixture for feeding fowls. 



th 



in tne 



been 



Medicago sativa, Linn. ; Alfalfa, Lucerne, Purple Luceine, 

 Burgundy Trefoil, Cultivated Medick, Bersim Hedjaz (Arabic). 



Perennial, 1 to 2 ft. high. Cultivated under established con- 

 ditions in Europe — France (Provence especially), Spain, 

 Mediterranean region, Great Britain — England, chiefly Essex, 

 Kent and Suffolk "(these 3 counties crrowin<? upward? of 30.000 

 acres out of approximately 50,000 for all England), Wales (306 



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