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what in arable lands is termed twilc/i. The seed of this valua- 

 ble clover should first be collected from jDlants in those 

 valuable pastures near Skegness, where it abounds : and 

 from this, a stock of plants to increase the supply of seed 

 for general farm practice might soon be obtained. 



The nutritive powers of this species are superior to those 

 of the trifo Hum medium, in the proportion of 10 to 9. At 

 the time of flowering, 64 dr. of the herbage of the trifoUum 

 prateuse perenue afforded 2 dr. 2 qr. of nutritive matter. 

 It thrives better when combined with other grasses than 

 when cultivated by itself; but this, indeed, is also the 

 case with all the valuable grasses. The trifo/ium medium, 

 the cynosurtis cristatus, lolium jJereiine, alopecurus pratensis, 

 aveua jiavescens, hordeum pratense, poa trivialis, ho/cus ave- 

 naceus, jioa pratensis, trifoHum repens, holcus lanatus, and 

 J'estuca pratensis, were the grasses among which I found this 

 perennial red clover to flourish, in the clayey and alluvial 

 soils in Lincolnshire. The slightly creeping root remains 

 permanent in the experimental garden, while the roots of 

 the common broad-leaved clover have almost disappeared in 

 the third season from sowing. For permanent pasture, 

 therefore, this variety is the only proper one to cultivate, 

 for disappointment will be found a certain follower of the 

 broad-leaved clover, when sown with the intention of consti- 

 tuting a part of any permanent pasture. The figure and 

 description will enable the farmer to decide, whether the 

 variety of red clover he cultivates be the true perennial 

 species. For clayey and peaty soils, and for loams, this 

 variety is doubtless superior to the trifoUum medium or cow- 

 grass, and to any other variety of red clover at present 

 known for the purposes of permanent pasture ; but for soils 

 of a drier nature and lighter texture, the trifoHum medium 

 offers greater advantages. 



TRIFO LIUM repens. White Clover, White Trefoil, Dutch 

 Clover. 



The white or Dutch clover of the shops has been supposed 

 an hybrid variety of the true perennial white clover of an- 



