SAINTFOIN. 



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Saintfoin is a perennial plant, with showy 

 red flowers. It is a native of England, on dry, 

 chalky soils. Its peculiar value is, that it will 



SAINTFOIN. 



giow on poor soils unfit for tillage. Its herbage 

 is good for pasturage or hay, and it is gene- 

 rally coi>sidered a most valuable plant. 



