

CHAPTER XIV. 



CLOVER (Trifolium,) AND OTHER 

 FORAGE PLANTS. 



407. Next to the Grasses, the Clovers are the most valuable 

 as fodder plants. They belong to an entirely different botani 

 cal family, that of the Leguminosce, or Pulse Family, and are 

 known by the generic name Trifolium from tree, and foli 

 um, a leaf. Thence they are frequently called in English Tre 

 foils; the leaves mostly presenting three lobes. Eight distinct 

 species are found in the North United States ; others again in 

 the Southern States and California; and others in Europe. 

 More than 160 species in all are enumerated by botanists. 

 Nine species are cultivated in Great Britain ; usually, only two 

 in the Northern States of America, The following are the 

 the most important : 



(a,) Trifolium pratense, Annual or Biennial Red Clover.* 

 &quot; pratense perenne, Perennial Red Clover, Cow 



Those marked * are either natives of America, or extensively naturalized. 



