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samples of both species having been grown and identified at Kew; 

 they are both annuals of little or no value for fodder. " Suckling 

 Clover " (jT. minus } Relham — T. dubiuvi, Sibth.), a common 

 weed, has also been found as an adulterant, but this plant, 

 although much inferior to White Clover-— price less than half — 

 is sometimes grown in mixed pastures. The Customs Returns 

 of imports of clover seed are given under the heading " Seed 

 Clover and Grass," and the Returns as to the production in the 

 United Kingdom are included in cl Clover, Sainfoin and Grasses 

 under Rotation " — for figures, see end of Gramineae. 



" Uganda Clover" (Trifolium Johnstoni, Oliv.) grown in 



pastures of Kikuya (5-6000 ft.), is recommended for hill pastures 

 in other tropical countries, and seeds were distributed in 1899 

 to various Colonies, (K.B., 1899, p. 13T). " Shaftal or Persian 

 Clover" [T. resupinatum, Linn. J is cultivated for forage in 



Persia and North-west India. 



2. April, 1906, " White and Alsike Clover Seed and their 

 Impurities," pp. 7-15; Dec. 1909, u Trials of "Wild White 

 Clover/' pp. 713-718; Feb. 1916, ibid., pp. 1063-1068; July, 1911, 

 "Sale of a Weed Seed as White Clover," pp. 323-324; June, 

 1915, "Adulteration of White Clover Seed," pp. 253-254; Jan. 

 1917, ibid., pp. 940-944; March, 1917, M Ordinary White 

 Clover Seed versus Wild White Clover Seed," pp. 1202-1208; 

 July, 1917, "Wild White Clover (Tri folium, repens) for Arti- 

 ficial Grass Land," pp. 424-428. 



3. No. 184, 1913, "Red, White and Alsike Clovers." 



following 



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Seed," pp. 206-207; Oct. 1912, "The Study of Agricultural 



Seeds," pp. 529-541— " Perennial Red," "Alsike " and 

 "White" Clovers; Jan. 1916, "Purchase of Clover Seed,*' pp. 

 997-998; May, 1918, " The Shortage of Clover Seed in Essex in 

 1917." pp. 176-179. 



Aiitliyllis vulneraria, Linn. ; Kidney Vetch, Ladies Fingers. 



Perennial, about 6 in. or so in height; considerable variety 

 is found in the colour of the flowers — red, white, yellow, &c, and 

 various shades of these, but the forms with yellowish or reddish 

 flowers are usually cultivated. A British plant, also found in 

 other parts of Temperate Europe, N. Africa, &c. ; cultivated, but 

 not of special importance in America. As a fodder plant it is 

 recommended for mixed pastures, especially in situations not 

 good enough for " Bed Clover." Sheep feed freely on this plant. 



Hedysarum coronarium, Linn.; Sulla, Sainfoin d'Espagne, 

 French Honeysuckle. 



Perennial, 1 to 6 ft. high. Mediterranean region — S. Europe 

 and IS*. Africa; United States, where it is fairly successful in 

 S. Texas under irrigation; but cannot compete with " Alfalfa" 

 (Piper), The plant is adapted to cultivation in hot, dry countries 

 as it stands drought well. As a fodder plant it compares very 

 favourably with. " Alfalfa " in feeding value. The hay has been 

 imported into this eountrv from Algeria and Malta. 



la. ix. 2 (1911), p. 198. 



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