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any other part of his experimental ground ; and, con- 

 sidering that no manure had been applied to this 

 spot during the previous eight years, it served to 

 prove that it would clothe even a light, sandy soil 

 with herbage. 



It is of a decidedly perrennial character, and vege- 

 tates spontaneously on marly soils, though it has 

 been cultivated with very favorable results on sandy, 

 loamy, and heavy clay lands. The time of sowing 

 in England is from the middle of April till the second 

 or third week in May. It is not so good to sow alone 

 as the common red. It requires a sheltering crop to 

 withstand the severity of the winter, but when once 

 established will remain in the soil for years. This 

 plant is cultivated throughout the Eastern States. It 

 is deserving of a more extensive cultivation than has 

 yet been given it. For separate seeding, 25 Ibs. 

 per acre ; on grain crops, sow from 8 to 12 Ibs. per 

 acre. 



A bushel of seed weighs 64 Ibs. 



CHAPTER V. 



WHITE CLOVER (DUTCH CLOVER.) 



Trifolium Repens Specific Character. 



Smooth perrennial; the slender stems spreading 

 and creeping ; leaflets, inversely heart-shaped or 

 merely notched, obscurely toothed ; stipules scale- 

 like, narrow ; petioles, and especially the peduncles, 

 very long ; heads small and loose ; calyx much 

 shorter than the white corolla ; pods about 4-seeded ; 



