IN LEAFY JUNE. 181 



Yermont and central New Hampshire, rarely grows 

 over four inches high. The sweetest smelling clover 

 I know of is that called alsike clover (Trifolium hy- 

 bridum), which strongly resembles the white kind, 

 and which is rapidly becoming a familiar object on 

 our highways. It has taller and more erect stems, 

 the flower heads are larger, tinged with flesh pink 

 and rose pink, and it does not take root as the other 

 clovers do at that part of. the stem where the leaves 

 branch out. This species also comes from Europe. 



In the latter part of June the opening blossoms 

 of the little yellow hop clover (Trifolium agrarium) 

 begin to spot the grassy borders with their delicate 

 color. This rather upright plant would scarcely be 

 taken for a clover, as its trifoliate leaf is the only 

 strongly marked family characteristic. The tiny, 

 pale-yellow blossoms are scarcely larger than one's 

 thumb nail, and the leaflets are nearly stemless. Hop 

 clover grows from six to twelve inches high and is 

 generally found on the sandy roadside. 



One other species is also just beginning to flower ; 

 this is the yellow melilot or sweet clover (Melilotus 

 offi'Cinalis), whose leaves become sweet-scented in 

 drying. It may be distinguished from the foregoing 

 species by the blunt-toothed leaflets growing from 

 pronounced stems. The plant grows from one to two 

 and sometimes four feet high ; it is common in waste 



