WILD FLOWERS pink 



cultivated and grew beautifully, but the flowers failed 

 hopelessly to produce seed the first year. Again 

 another lot of seed was planted, and when the new 

 plants began to blossom, a number of bumblebees, 

 especially imported from America, were liberated 

 among the flowers. The result was immediately 

 gratifying, and from that day to this, Australia has 

 successfully cultivated the Red Clover. Consequently, 

 our dear old bumblebee has established, beyond any 

 possible doubt in the minds of the pessimistic, the 

 absolute dependency, for its very existence, of at least 

 one flower upon insect life. Cross fertilization did it. 



"Now and then the honey bee, 

 Laden with its treasure, 

 Darting from the Clover blooms, 

 Hums its drowsy measure." 



Our warmest memories revert to those happiest days 

 of our childhood, when we actually "lived in Clover," 

 and ate " Sour Grass," and sucked the honey from the 

 nectar tubes of the florets which were pulled from 

 the Clover heads. Pity the child who is denied the 

 opportunity of roaming the fields and doing likewise ! 



This perennial species is extensively cultivated for 

 forage, and was originally introduced into America 

 from Europe. The rather large, leafy, and branched 

 stalk is more or less hairy, and rises erect, from six 

 inches to two feet in height. The Clovers form large, 

 loose, spreading tufts, and their slightly veined leaves 

 are long-stemmed and thin textured. They are 

 compounded commonly of three, or occasionally of 



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