MARRIAGE AMONG THE CLOVERS 



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the seed has now been sown for pasture in almost 

 every country of the civilised world, so that wher- 

 ever this volume circulates, its readers can find 

 and observe the plant for themselves, " to witness 



NO. 6. DUTCH CLOVER, BEFORE MARRIAGE. 



if I lie/' as Macaulay's Roman poet bluntly puts it. 

 Dutch clover is a rather smooth specimen of its 

 type, not nearly so hairy or silky as most other 

 clovers, for a reason which I will explain a little 

 later on : it has prostrate stems which creep along 



