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India as a pasture plant, and would be a valuable species to intro- 

 duce for pasturage in the southern states. 



Tri folium rubcfls (Reddish clover ; also known in Germany as 

 red clover ; fox clover ; fox tail clover; red goat clover ; red hare 

 clover). A perennial species, native of southern Europe, similar in 

 appearance to crimson clover, but with purple flowers and much 

 narrower and longer leaflets. It is cultivated for soiling purposes 

 in the warmer portions of Europe, and, though less hardy than the 

 crimson clover, would be a good species for introduction into the 

 southern states. 



Trifulium stoloniferum (Running clover ; running buffalo clover). 

 A low, smooth perennial, which sends out long runners 

 from the base of the stem. The flowers are white, tinged with 

 purple, in loose heads. The leaflets are broadly obovate and 

 minutely toothed. A native species, growing in open woodlands 

 and prairies from Ohio west to Kansas, which is greedily eaten by 

 cattle. It should be given a trial in cultivation. 



Tr {folium subrotundum (Mayad clover). A perennial species, 

 native to and cultivated in northern and middle Africa, up to 9000 

 feet elevation. It is a good species for cultivation in countries too 

 warm for red clover, and ought to do well in the Southern States. 



Trifolium iridentatum. A wild species, occurring in Nevada and 

 Utah, which produces a palatable and nutritious forage in early 

 summer, and is greedily eaten by cattle. It deserves to be brought 

 under cultivation. The Western and Pacific coast states are very 

 rich in the number of wild clovers which occur there. California 

 alone has more than sixty species. All are valuable forage plants, 

 but few, it any, have ever been given a trial in cultivation. 



Triglochin maritimum (Seaside arrow grass ; arrow grass). 

 A marsh plant with cylindrical leaves and flowering stalk i to 3 

 feet high, common along the Atlantic coast and westward across 

 the continent in saline, marshy, and boggy places. It is eaten by 

 cattle, and adds some little value to the native herbage of wet 

 pastures. 



Trigonella fcenum -grcvcum (Fenugreek; buckhorn clover ; cow- 

 horn ; goat's horn ; sevenseed ; Greek hay ; trigonel). An erect 

 annual legume, growing 6 to 12 inches high. The plant has a 

 strong odor, and is valueless for forage unless it is cut before the 

 plant commences to bloom. The seeds are given to horses as a 

 condiment. It is sometimes recommended for pasture mixtures, 

 but has small value for any purpose. 



Ulex europcms (Gorse ; whin ; furze). A perennial leguminous 

 shrub, native of northern Europe, where it is highly esteemed as a 

 forage plant for dry and barren hillsides, in places too steep, or 

 where the soil is too thin to admit of the cultivation of better ones. 

 In some parts of Ireland and Wales the farm horses are almost 

 entirely maintained upon it during the winter months, the crushed 

 two-year-old branches being fed at the rate of about 40 pounds per 



