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the effects of drought, particularly on sandj^ soils. 



The branches which trail on the surface send fibrous 

 roots from their joints down to the ground, and hence 

 this species of clover maintains itself in land of oppo- 

 site qualities, for if the surface be too dry to afford 

 nourishment to the foliage, it is preserved by the 

 roots. It is not, however, so nutritive as the common 

 annual red clover, nor does it form a good pasture 

 when sown by itself, for it has been found injurious 

 to sheep ; but, combined with other grasses, it is a 

 valuable plant. It has been said there is no better 

 test of good land than its running spontaneously to 

 white clover. Its analysis is a good one. From 4 

 to 8 Ibs per acre should enter a mixture with the 

 seeds of other grasses for permanent meadow or 

 pasture. 



A bushel of white clover seeds weighs 65 Ibs. 



CHAPTER VI. 



ALSKYE OR PERREIS^IAL HYBRID CLOVER-. 



Trifolium Hybridum. 



Alsyke or Perrenial Hybrid Clover, which takes 

 name from the Alsyke district, near Stockholm, was 

 was first introduced into Sweden. 



Within the last century vast improvements in agri- 

 culture have enabled this valuable clover to be 

 brought to great perfection, and it is now held in 

 high estimation by the Swedish farmers, and exten- 

 sively cultivated by the leading agriculturists in 

 Great Britain. 



The root is fibrous and the heads globular. 



