FLORAL EMBLEMS. 251 



PROVIDENT. 



PURPLE CLOVER. Trifolium pratense. 



" Flocks, thick nibbling thro' the clover'd vale." 



Thomson. 



" Nature shall provide 

 Green grass and fatt'ning clover for their fare." 



Dry den. 



The provident husbandman lays up a good 

 store of clover hay for the subsistence of his 

 cattle during the winter months : his earliest 

 spring pastures are also covered with this nu- 

 tritious plant, which ensures both himself and 

 his stock " a bed of clover." 



The great changes which have taken place 

 in agricultural transactions proves the just- 

 ness of Atterbury's remark, that " a very 



