TABLE OF COISTTENTS. . XI 



CHAPTER lY. 



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ZiG Zag Clover, Cow Geass (Trifolium Medium 89 



Specific character, observations, analysis — A careful com- 

 parison of the three species or varieties of Red clover re- 

 commended — Separate and mixed seedings [quantity of]; 

 weight of seeds per busliel. 



CHAPTER V. 



White Clo-v^e, Dutch Clover (Trifolium Repens) 91 



Specific character, analysis — English first learned its use 

 from the Flemings — Grows in almost every variety of soil; 

 land running spontaneously to white clover a sure test of 

 its good qualities — Quantity of S2ed to be sown per acre ; 

 weight of seed per bushel. 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Alstke or Perennml Hybeid Clovee (Trifolium Hybridum). 93 

 Takes its name from a district in Sweden — Highly esteemed 

 by the farmers of Sweden and the agriculturists of Brit- 

 ain — Resembles the white more than the red clover — 

 Quantity of seed sown per acre by English farmers— Its 

 cultivation in Canada ; in the States, North and South. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Yellow Clovee, Hop Teefoil, or Shaiieock Clovee (Trifo- 

 lium Procumbens) 97 



Specific character, analysis — Natural places of growth ; 

 soils on which it is recommended to be grown ; its value.^ 

 as a pasture grass. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Yellow Floweeed Clover, Common Suckling Clovee, or 



Slendee Yellow Trefoil (Trifolium Filiforme) 99 



Natural places of growth — Useful for growing on dry places. 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Italian Clover (Trifolium Incarnatum; .*. . . 99 



Observation, analysis — l^'ields well — Cultivated in England 

 and Scotland as a field crop — Its introduction into this 

 country, and experiment with it. 



CHAPTER X. 



Egyptian Teefoil (Trifolium Alexandrinum) 101 



Remarks — Of a more recent introduction into England than 

 Italian clover ; the habits of both compared — Preparation 

 of ground, and time of sowing. 



