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Trifolium rcjlcxum (Buffalo clover ; Pennsylvania clover). A 

 native annual or biennial species with ascending downy stems, 

 oblong, finely toothed leaflets, and rose-red flowers, on short stalks 

 in a round, stalked cluster. The flowers are reflexed and brownish 

 in fruit. Widely disseminated from western New York to Nebraska, 

 Kansas, and southward, and especially abundant in the middle 

 prairie region, where it furnishes a considerable amount of palatable 

 and highly nutritious forage, greedily eaten by all kinds of stock. It 

 is a species which should be brought into cultivation. 



Trifolium repcns (White clover ; white Dutch clover ; Dutch 

 clover; creeping trifolium ; white trefoil ; stone clover, in part ; 

 honeysuckle ; honeysuckle grass ; honeysuckle clover ; shamrock. 

 Fig. 37). A smooth perennial, growing wild in New England and 

 Europe, and now widely cultivated. The slender spreading and 

 creeping stems are from four to eight or ten inches long ; the 

 trifoliate leaves are on rather long leafstalks ; the flowers are white 

 or rose colour, borne in loose heads an inch or less in diameter, on 

 very long stalks. It grows on a great variety of soils, forming 

 excellent turf either for pastures or lawns, and thrives under all 

 sorts of hard usage. If sown alone from six to eight pounds of seed 

 should be used, but it is usually mixed with the seed of grasses or 

 other clovers. The forage, though produced in small quantity, is 

 sweet and nutritious and eagerly sought for by all kinds of stock. 



Tamarix Gallica. (Linne). This shrub is a native of southern 

 Europe, north and tropical Africa, southern and eastern Asia, and 

 will withstand prolonged drought and intense cold. "It adapts 

 itself in the most extraordinary manner to the most different 

 localities. It will grow alike in water and the driest soil, also in 

 salty ground, and is one of the most graceful and tractable plants 

 in culture. It is readily multiplied from cuttings, which strike root 

 as early as a willow, and push forth stems with universal vigor." 

 (B. V. M.) Two years ago the Bureau of Agriculture obtained 

 cuttings of the Tamarix from the late Baron von Mueller. Some of 

 these were planted in the eastern district on salt patches, and 

 others on the Swan, and all have done exceedingly well. Those 

 planted on the Swan have made remarkable growth, and the young 

 branches have been lopped, and fed to, and appreciated by, cattle 

 and horses. As this is a salt-loving shrub there is no doubt that its 

 cultivation on the alkali patches in the eastern districts would in 

 time correct the accumulation of salt. It should also- be a valuable 

 plant for the sand plains and the arid deserts of the east. It is an 

 ornamental plant in the garden, the delicate pink flowers in early 

 spring, and the dark green foliage of summer making a delightful 

 contrast to other plants. 



Trifolium ri'siipinulinn (Reversed clover). An annual species, 

 native of the Mediterranean region, similar to white clover in its 

 manner of growth, and better adapted to warm regions than white 

 clover. It has been introduced into and is largely grown in northern 



