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CHAPTER IV. 



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ZIG ZAG CLOVER, Cow GRASS (Trifolium Medium 89 



Specific character, observations, analysis A careful com- 

 parison of the three species or varieties of Red clover re- 

 commended Separate and mixed seedings [quantity of]; 

 weight of seeds per bushel. 



CHAPTER V. 



WHITE CLOVER, DUTCH CLOVER (Trifolium Repens) 91 



Specific character, analysis English first learned its use 

 from the Flemings Grows in almost every variety of soil; 

 land running spontaneously to white clover a sure test of 

 its good qualities Quantity of S3ed to be sown per acre ; 

 weight of seed per bushel. 



CHAPTER VI. 



ALSYKE or PERENNIAL HYBRID CLOVER (Trifolium Hybridum). 93 

 Takes its name from a district in Sweden Highly esteemed 

 by the farmers of Sweden and the agriculturists of Brit- 

 ain Resembles the white more than the red clover 

 Quantity of seed sown per acre by English farmers Its 

 cultivation in Canada ; in the States, North and South. 



CHAPTER VII. 



YELLOW CLOVER, HOP TREFOIL, or SHAMROCK CLOVER (Trifo- 



linm Procumbens) 97 



Specific character, analysis Natural places of growth ; 

 soils on which it is recommended to be grown ; its value 

 as a pasture grass. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



YELLOW FLOWERED CLOVER, COMMON SUCKLING CLOVER, or 



SLENDER YELLOW TREFOIL (Trifolinni Filiforme) 99 



Natural places of growth Useful for growing on dry places. 



CHAPTER IX. 



ITALIAN CLOVER (Trifolium Incarnatumj 99 



Observation, analysis Yields well Cultivated in Eogland 

 and Scotland as a field crop Its introduction into this 

 country, and experiment with it. 



CHAPTER X. 



EGYPTIAN TREFOIL (Trifolium Alexandrinum) 101 



Remarks Of a more recent introduction into* England than 

 Italian clover ; the habits of both compared Preparation 

 of ground, and time of sowing. 



