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clover. Except for colour the seeds of "White Clover" are 

 not unlike those of " Alsike," and it is stated that "when the 

 seed of this species was very expensive, bad samples of whit 

 clover were dyed green and mixed with the genuine Alsikr 

 Clover " (Hunter). Commercial seed can now be obtained from 

 Canada, 



> See Journal Notes and Bd. of Agric. Leaflet No. 184, under 



White Clover. 



Trifolium incarnatum, Linn.; Crimson Clever, Italian Clover, 



Trifolium (the seed is so distinguished from that of other clovers 

 in the Trade). 



Annual, 3 ft. high; there are three forms under cultivation 

 f ^arly, late and medium, and also a white flowered form. Southern 



Europe, Great Britain — southern counties more particularly. 

 United States. Grown for pasturage and as a soiling crop. It 

 is considered unsuitable for hay or feeding after ilowering, at 

 the hairs of the mature heads are liable to form " hair-balls " 

 in the intestines, and the plant, moreover, gets too woody for 

 hay when allowed to grow to maturity 



2. Aug. 1906, " Italian or Crimson Clover," pp. 264-271. 



3. No. 182, 1911, " Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum).^ 

 3a. No. 28, 1916, "Suggestions for the' Cultivation of Catch 



Crops and Hoine-Grown Feeding Stuffs/' pp 8-9. 



Trifolium pratense, Linn.; Red Clover. 



Perennial, a foot or so high, but usually cultivated as an 

 annual or biennial, the land otherwise becoming " clover sick." 

 Europe in general, including United Kingdom; Asia — Turkestan. 

 S. Siberia, Himalaya, &c. ; America, JST. Africa. In America it 

 is the most important leguminous crop, the area grown being 

 about five times that of. "Alfalfa : ' (Piper) and as a fodder crop, 

 for soiling or for hay, in this country, it is of the greatest 







importance. The var. <perenne is known as i€ Cow Grass, 

 "Single Cut Cow Grass' or "Late Flowering Red Clovei 

 it stands better as a perennial and is more suitable for perma- 

 nent pastures. 



2. March, 1904, " Experiments in the Growth of Red Clover/ 7 

 pp. 499-501; March, 1906, "Red Clover and its Impurities," 

 pp. 716-721; May, 1906, "Trials of Different Varieties of Bed 

 Clover," pp. 96-99; 'Nov. 1906, Cf A Russian Type of Red Clover/' 



pp. 471-472. 



See Bd. of Agric. Leaflet No. 184. 1913, under White Clover. 



Trifolium repens, Linn. ; White Clover, Dutch Clover. 



Perennial, 1| ft., Europe — Russia, Germany, Holland, Italy, 

 United Kingdom, &c, United States, Canada, New Zealand. A 

 fodder plant equal in importance to " Red Clover'' and of. 

 greater value for pastures. " Ladino M is a variety (latum, 

 McCarthy) grown in Italy, a strong grower, sometimes advertised 

 as u Giant," " Mammoth " or " Colossal White Clover " (Piper). 

 The seed has been found to be adulterated with that of " Clustered 

 Clover " (T. gloiveratum, Linn.), found in the south of England, 

 the Mediterranean region, N. Africa, New Zealand, &c, and of 

 T. parviflorum, Ehrn., native of Central and Southern Europe; 



