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fetmi vulgare. Mor. H'ljl, Com- 

 mon Meadow Trefoil, with a pur- 

 ple Flower, commonly c^ll'd, Honey- 

 fackle Trefoil. 



3. Trifolium; pratenfe album. 

 C. B, P. White Meadow Trefoil. 



4. Trifolium j arvenfe, humile, 

 fpicatum, five Lagnpus. C. B. P. 

 Hare's-foot Trefoil, 



5". Trifolium; fragiferum. Ger» 

 Emac. Strawherry-Tr efoil. 



6. Trifolium j pratenfe luteum, 

 capitulo. Lupuli, vel agrarium. C. 

 B. P. Ho^ -Trefoil. 



7. Trifolium ; bitumenredolens. C. 

 B. P. Trefoil, fmclling of Bitumen. 



8. Trifolium,- bitumen redolensy 

 Angufiifolium. Boerh. Ind. Narrow- 

 leav'd Trefoil, fmelling of Bitumen. 



9. Trifolium ; Africanum, frit- 

 ticans, flore purpurafcente. H. Amft. 

 African fhrubby Trefoil, with a pur- 

 plifli Flower. 



The firft of thefe Plants is great- 

 ly cultivated in England for feeding 

 ot Cattle, and is efleem'd very 

 profitable, becaufe the great Quan- 

 tity of Cattle which this Grafs 

 will maintain, does very much in- 

 rich all clayey Lands, and prepare 

 them for Corn in two or three 

 Years, which is the Length of 

 Time which this Crop will conti* 

 nue good. 



In the Choice of this Seed, that 

 which is of a bright yellow ifh Co- 

 lour, a little inclining to Brown, 

 jfhould be preferr'd ; but that which 

 is Black, fhould be rejeded as good 

 for little. 



Ten or twelve Pounds of this 

 Seed will be fufficient for an Acre 

 of Ground ; tor if the Plants do 

 not come up pretty thick, it will 

 not be worth {landing. The Land 

 in which this Seed is fbwn, fhould 

 be well ploughed, and harrowed 

 very fine, otherwife the Seeds will 



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be buried too deepj and thereby 



loft. ^ 



The beft time to fow it is about 

 the Beginning of Augufl, at which 

 time the Autumnal Rains will bring 

 up the Plants in a fhort time; 

 whereas when the Seeds are fown 

 in the Spring, if it be done very- 

 early, they are many times burfi 

 with Wet and Cold ; and if it be 

 done late, they are in Danger of 

 mifcarrying from Drought: Where- 

 as in Autumn, when the Ground 

 has been warm'd by the Summer's 

 Heat, the Rains then falling, do 

 greatly promote the Vegetation of 

 Seeds and Plants. 



This Seed fhould be harrow'd in 

 with Burties, for if it be done 

 with a common Harrow, they 

 will be bury'd too deep. 



Moft People have recommended 

 the lowing of this Seed with fe- 

 veral Sorts of Corn; but if it be 

 fbwn at the Seafbn before direfted^ 

 it will be much better, if fown a- 

 lone; for the Corn prevents the 

 Growth of the Plants until it is 

 reaped and taken off the Ground 5 

 fo that one whole Sealbn is loft, 

 and many times, if there be a great 

 Crop of Corn upon the Ground, it 

 often fpoils the Clover, fo that it 

 is hardly worth ftanding; whereas 

 in the Way before direfted, the 

 Plants will have good Root before 

 Winter, and in the Spring will 

 come on much fafter than that 

 which was fown the Spring before 

 under Corn, 



About the Middle of M/«^ this 

 Grafs will be fit to cut, wheh there 

 fliould be great Care takeri in mix- 

 ing it, for it v/iil require a gi-eat 

 deal more Labour and Time to dry 

 than common Grafs, and will fhrink 

 into lefs Compafs ; but if it be not 

 too rank, it will make cxtraordi- 



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