crop of this clover, the burs may be scattered broadcast in autumn. 

 They will root as soon as the winter rains come. They may be 

 harrowed or cultivated in the early spring. 



Mcdicago f alcatel (Yellow lucerne; yellow moon trefoil). A close 

 relative of alfalfa, much resembling it, but smaller, and with yellow 

 flowers. It grows wild in northern Europe, along roadsides and 

 fence corners, and in light or sterile soils. It has been cultivated 

 to some extent, but it is without value, except that it furnishes a 

 scanty pasturage on soils too barren for better and ranker growing 

 species. It is even more susceptible than alfalfa to excess of water 

 in the soil. 



Fig. Ji. Alfalfa, or Lucerne. 



Mciiicti^o Inpnlina (Black medick ; hop clover, in part ; yello^ 

 clover, in part ; nonesuch ; black grass ; shamrock, in part 

 luptiline). An annual or biennial clover, widely grown as 

 pasture plant in wet meadows and on stiff, clayey soils which an 

 too poor to grow alfalfa or clover. On rich, moist soil itsometim< 



