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but stopped to look and listen, and hearing no discordant note, 

 decided that all was "in tune." 



A specimen selected for our can showed that it too, bore the 

 characteristic nodules on the roots. We also noticed that the 

 lower blossomes showed a peculiar habit of hanging downward as 

 they turn brown, seemingly a double way of signifying that the 

 work of the bee is finished. 



Though our can was scant of 

 specimens we felt that our morn- 

 ing had been profitable. Refresh- 

 ing oiu"selves under an inviting 

 old oak, with our lunch, and a 

 rest such as Nature offers in her 

 quiet, unassuming way, we again 

 started out. 



Now one plant after another 

 was added to the red, white and 

 sweet clover already there — yel- 

 low or hop clover, yellow sweet, 

 black medick, alsike, crimson, 

 rabbit-foot so soft and gray, and 

 even a few four-leaf clovers which Bobby insisted on putting in for 

 good luck. We found them by the roadside and in fields, some 

 showing preference for a richer foothold than others, each showing 

 that though she is a member of, the family Leguminosas Trifloium, 

 she wished us to know that she shows characteristics that distin- 

 guish her from even her nearest relative. 



Mabel Osgood Wright in her book "Flowers and Ferns in Their 

 Haunts has Time-o'-Year say, "Take jist common clovers, now, 

 not growin' in fields for a crop, but strayed out by themselves here 

 along the road. There's lots to see in 'em — differences o'leaf and 

 blossoms, and it must be allowed few plants is so purty and neat 

 and useful all to onct." 



Bobby hopes that some day the clovers will hold a reunion when 

 each member of the family can arrange to be present and will tell 

 something about herself and her wanderings. I, too, believe it 

 would be a rare treat to listen to their stories, for I understand 

 that originally some came to this country from Europe and some 

 from Asia, and I know that Red Clover has something very inter- 

 esting to tell of her trip to Australia. 



