MARRIAGE AMONG THE CLOVERS 



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tion trifolium "), both of which are distinct species 

 with totally different marriage customs. The in- 

 genious habit of turning the fertilised flowers 

 downward out of the way of the insects is con- 

 fined to a few species of 

 white, pink, and yellow 

 clovers. It is a little 

 dodge on which they 

 happen to have hit, but 

 which has never oc- 

 curred to their larger 

 and more conspicuous 

 red and purple cousins. 

 So if you try to follow 

 out these hints in nature, 

 you must be careful to 

 hunt for white kinds 

 only. 



No. 10 shows us the 

 last stage in the life- 

 history of a head of 

 Dutch clover. All the 

 flowers have by this 

 time been fertilised; and 

 each flower alike is now 

 pressed down against 

 the stem in a crumpled, 

 brown, and withered- 

 looking mass. The mere 



casual observer would say, " This clover is dead." 

 But it is nothing of the kind: it is only shamming. 

 The main object of the flowering and fertilisation, 



NO. IO. DUTCH CLOVER, ALL 

 THE FLOWERS FERTILISED, 

 AND MATURING THE SEED. 



