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slender stalks, and does not stand upright, so 

 that it could never be profitably cut for hay, 

 making only a tangle of tough threadlike stalks. 

 Yet its peculiar property of producing an abun- 

 dant crop of pods makes it in some localities 

 quite as valuable a pasture plant as the common 

 red clover is in the East. 



Neither the crimson clover (Trifolium incar- 

 natum) nor the common red clover is extensively 

 grown on the Pacific Coast. White clover is 

 cultivated for lawns, mostly in combination with 

 blue grass. It will often cover a bare spot under 

 a tree where the blue grass does not thrive. 



Alsike clover (T. hybridum) is another form 

 that is seldom seen in California, partly perhaps 

 because it does not tend to send its roots deeply 

 into the soil, and hence is not as well adapted to 

 a dry climate as are the alfalfas. On the other 

 hand, it thrives on a clay soil, and in regions to 

 which it is adapted it is a valuable product. 



There are numerous other species of clover 

 that have as yet been almost neglected by the 

 plant developer, which offer inviting oppor- 

 tunities. 



Even without hybridization, plants grown 

 from a given lot of seed will vary greatly. Selec- 

 tion among the most familiar races of clovers 

 would readily result in the development of 



