90 ZIG ZAG CLOVEK. 



marked on the upper side witli a pale spot, whereas 

 in Trifolium Medium the leaflets are entire (not 

 notched) and sx>otless ; the heads of Pratense are 

 sessile, those of Medium are stalked and the flowers 

 of a deeper purple, and larger than in Pratense. 

 Flowers in June and ripens seeds in Jul3^ 



Way's Analysis. 



100 parts as taken green from the field June 7fcb. 



Water T4.10 



Albuminous or flesh forming principles 6.30 



Fatty matters • 92 



Heat producing principles, starch, sugar, gum, etc. . . 9.42 



Woody fibre 6.25 



Mineral matter or ash 3.01 



100.00 

 100 parts of the grass dried at 212'' Fahr. 



Alb aminous or flesh forming principles 24.3.'^ 



Fatty matters 3.57 



.Heat producing principles, starch, sugar, gum, etc. . . 36.36 



Woody fibre 24.14 



Mineral matter or ash 11.60 



lOO.OO 

 It is well worthy the attention of the intelligent 

 reader to make a careful comparison of the analysis 

 of the red clovers, which will serve to show that 

 whatever points of diflference may exist in their 

 specific characters, there is very little in their nutri- 

 tive qualities. 



This species of clover has been cultivated in Eng- 

 land from a very distant period. Mr. Taunton, of 

 Bristol (Eng.) w^hose useful experiments were so 

 highly appreciated by English agriculturists, assisted 

 largely in attracting notice to this species. He found 

 it to furnish a darker-colored and heavier swath than 



