360 LUPINUS ULEX ONOBRYCHIS. 



Found with the last. At the North it does not seem to be 

 eaten by live stock when green, but they will eat a little when 

 cured with other forage plants. Bees find it valuable for the 

 nectar which is abundant during the heat of summer. Prof. 

 Phares speaks of this as cultivated for forage. As it is a legum- 

 inous plant and a near relative of red clover, and very large, 

 it has been mentioned as quite suitable for green manuring. 



L u pi n us, Tourn. Lupine. Of this genus there are several 

 species, some of which have proved valuable in the old world, 

 but I cannot learn that they are as valuable as some other forage 

 plants in any portion of the United States. 



Dr. H. P. Armsby says: "The yellow lupine, when cut just at 

 the end of flowering, is the most highly nitrogenous of all coarse 

 fodders." 



Of domestic animals sheep only eat lupines well on account 

 of their bitter taste. 



In Central Michigan, at any rate, several varieties, after nu- 

 merous trials, have uniformly made a slow, sickly growth. Sim- 

 ilar trials have been reported from Georgia, Mississippi and 

 other states. 



Ulex, L. Furze, TJlim, Worse. Much-branched, thorny 

 shrubs. Leaves prickly. Flowers yellow. Found in regions all 

 about the Mediterranean Sea. Often abundant in England, 

 Wales and Ireland. When bruised or wilted it is eaten by stock. 

 Perhaps we might do the same with thistles. Like lupines, 

 above mentioned, it is apparently of no value in the United 

 States. 



Onobrychis, Tourn. Sainfoin. To this genus belongs one 

 species which is much cultivated in parts of the continent of 

 Europe and in Great Britain. In France this leguminous plant 

 is much grown to improve poor, hungry land, and will last 4 to 



FIG. 136. Melilotusalba, Lam. Portion of a plant in flower and fruit, natural size. 

 <U. S. Agrl. Dept.) 



