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species, some of which invaded my grounds 

 unasked. Others have been received from far- 

 away regions, in particular from Peru, Bolivia, 

 and Chile. 



Whereas the white clover in its common na- 

 tive forms is a relatively small plant, dwarfed 

 besides the red crimson clovers, there are South 

 American species or subspecies that are of rela- 

 tively gigantic growth. One of these that I 

 received from South America was a seeming 

 "sport" possibly due to an accidental hybridiz- 

 ing with some other species that grew several 

 times as fast as any of the others in a lot of 

 seedlings. 



A single plant of this giant variety would 

 spread from four to six feet, the foliage being 

 proportionately enlarged, while a neighboring 

 plant would perhaps grow ten to fifteen inches. 



Selection among these rapid growers enabled 

 me to develop several varieties that had the char- 

 acteristic of growing to quite uncloverlike size. 

 But there is no sale for new clovers unless the 

 seed can be furnished by the ton, and as I had no 

 opportunity to produce seed on a large scale, the 

 giant races were ignored, when they had ceased 

 to interest me from an experimental standpoint. 



For a number of years I worked also upon a 

 clover that, without having exceptional qualities 



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