ALL ABOUT ALFALFA. 



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wild with great luxuriance on the pampas of Buenos 

 Ayres. It was brought into Mexico by the early 

 Spanish Conquerors, and from thence found its way, 



FIG. 68 — ALFALFA PLANT IN FULL BLOOM. 



about the middle of the prevSent century, to th^ Pacific 

 coast country, now Southern California. 



It did not reach Colorado, where its growth has 

 attained a state of perfe(ftion, until 1862, when a small 

 quantity of seed was brought from Mexico by Major 



