WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 



one is universally known as the "four-leaf Clover" and 

 is popularly accepted as a token of good luck. A 

 diligent search will seldom fail to find one or more of 

 them in a healthy patch of Clover foliage. The earliest 

 primary school song I remember learning had much 

 to do with directing my mind to appreciate the glories 

 of Nature: 



" Down among the meadow grass, 



Searching it all over, 

 What a merry band are we, 

 Hunting four-leaf Clover." 



June finds this Clover at the height of its floral activity, 

 and the bees fairly swarrr^ over the blossoms from day- 

 light to dusk. The slender, light green stalk is spread- 

 ing and creeping. As it extends, long, delicate leaf and 

 flower stems spring upright therefrom at short intervals, 

 forming dense mats of medium green flecked with white, 

 that are very pleasing. The stalk often takes root at 

 the sheathed nodes, or joints. It grows from four to 

 twelve inches long. Three rounding oval or inverted 

 heart-shaped leaflets with narrowing bases, which unite 

 at the tip of the slender stem, form the compound leaf. 

 Their margins are finely toothed and their surfaces are 

 usually marked with a whitish or grayish green tri- 

 angular or broad V-shaped band, the angle of which 

 points toward their apex. The midrib is strong, and 

 the feathery veinings show on the under side. Clover 

 flowers are botanically known as pa-pil-i-on-a-ce-ous, 

 that is, they are butterfly-shaped. The beautiful Sweet 

 Pea of our gardens is a clever illustration of this curious 



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