92 WHITE CLOVEE. 



Fields and copses everywhere. Gray. Flowers in 

 May and during tlie summer. 



Way's Analysis. 

 100 parts as taken green from the field June 18th. 



Water 79.71 



Albuminous or flesh forming principles 3.80 



Fatty matters* ••• 89 



Heat producing principles, starch, gum, sugar, etc. . . 8.14 



Woody fibre 5.38 



Mineral matter or ash 2.08 



100.00 

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



Albuminous or flesh forming principles 18.76 



Fatty matter 4.88 



Heat producing principles, starch, sugar,gum, etc.... 4.04 



Woody fibre • 2G.53 



Mineral matter or ash 10.29 



100.00 



Trifolium Repens or White Clover is also known 

 under the name of Dutch Clover, from the English 

 liaving first learned its use from the Flemings, and 

 from large quantities of the seed being im^^orted from 

 Holland. Its favorite soil is limestone, hut it is one 

 of the most general grasses throughout England, 

 being found in almost every situation, from the low- 

 est to the highest meadow ; though on very poor land 

 it is often so small, and growls in such a creeping 

 manner among the lovrer leaves of other herbage, 

 that it is scarcely perceptible until brought up by 

 top-dressings, wdiich probably has given rise to the 

 very general opinion that it is indigenous to some 

 soils. The central root penetrates to a considerable 

 depth, and the plant is thereby enabled to resist 



