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tlie most noxious weeds, even the much detested 

 plantain, terror of the lovers of handsome lawns and 

 well-kept roadsides. Among these white clover will 

 be found heads of a larger growth, more rounded 

 and of a j^ure flesh tint. The head of white clover 

 is somewhat flattened, is loose, and has a greenish 

 tint under its whiteness, because the little green 

 calyx of each tube is partly seen. 



Frequent on dry, sandy roadsides, es23ecially by 

 railroad beds, is the little yellow hop clover, often 

 not recognized by the casual observer as a clover at 

 all. The poor soil which it most affects checks its 

 growth, and it is a slim, stunted herb, its foliage pale 

 green, with leaflets more slender than those of other 

 trefoils. When the seed has ripened, the small, long, 

 downy heads look oddly like the catkins of the pussy 

 willows. 



Leaving the roadsides and the clover bloom and 

 entering some long undisturbed " wood lot," or pass- 

 ing near thick undergrowth beside some little brook, 

 a rich, special fragrance greets us, more delicious 

 than any spicy waft from Araby the blest. It is 

 lavishly poured upon the air by the inconspicuous 

 green blossoms of the wild grape ; once we meet a 

 breeze heavy with this exquisite odor it is never for- 

 gotten, and the sensitive nostril is likely to try all 

 other perfumes by that one unattainable standard. 



