102 AUSTRALIAN GRASSES AND PASTURE PLANTS 



name. In favourable situations it produces a fair amount of 

 rich, succulent herbage, of which stock are fond and on which 

 they do well. 



Suckling Clover (Trifolium minus) is a slender annual 

 plant with small, yellow flowers, growing plentifully in the 

 pastures in the coast areas, and in some of the more favoured 

 districts. After the autumn rains this clover springs up 

 readily and continues to grow during the winter and spring 

 months, but when the hot weather sets in, it gradually dies. 

 During the growing period its herbage is much relished by 

 stock, and if cut when in flower it makes capital hay. 



Subterranean Clover (Trifolium subterraneum) has spread 

 in many districts during recent years and forms a good per- 

 centage of the herbage in some pastures in favourable seasons. 

 The stems of this annual clover grow close to the ground, and 

 its herbage is palatable to stock, sheep being partial to it. 

 Its flowers are white or pale pink, and after the seeds have 

 formed, the stalks on which they are disposed turn down and 

 press into the loose earth to mature and eventually germinate. 

 From this circumstance it takes its specific and popular names. 



Sulla or Soola Clover (Hedysarum coronarium) grows about 

 three feet high and has a bushy habit, while its stems are well 

 clothed with foliage. It thrives in the more favoured districts 

 on deep, fertile, strong land that is neither too wet nor too dry. 

 Sulla is an excellent forage plant, and hi ordinary seasons 

 yields a bulk of succulent, nutritious herbage much liked by 

 cattle. If cut when the flower stems first appear it can be 

 made into good hay. 



Tare or Vetch (Vicia sativa) is a valuable and productive 

 auxiliary forage plant yielding under favourable conditions 

 eight tons or more of excellent herbage per acre. It is an 

 easily cultivated crop thriving on well-worked, rather strong 



