102 COMMON BIRDS FOOT TEEFOIL. 



of the Trifolium Incarnatum, compared with which 

 it is of a taller and more straggling habit of growth, 

 and is not so well clothed with leaves ; it is also a 

 few days earlier in flowering. It should be sown 

 the latter end of August for an early spring crop, 

 and it has been suggested that one or both might be 

 sown in spring, along with the Italian rye grass, for 

 summer feeding, instead of the common tares, par- 

 ticularly since they are found to be less injurious to 

 the soil. 



The same practice of preparing the ground for this 

 as is used before sowing the Trifolium Incarnatum, 

 only the ground should be more pulverized. I am 

 not aware of this plant having been introduced or 

 cultivated in this country. 



CHAPTER XI. 



COMMON BIRDS FOOT TREFOIL. 



Lotus Corniculatus. 



Eemarks. Flowers eight or ten in depressed 

 heads, generally of a bright yellow, but sometimes 

 orange colored, especially before being fully ex- 

 panded. Stem decumbent, thick and fusiform. 



Perrennial, flowers about the 20th of June, and 

 continues till the end of August ; height from % 6 

 inches to one foot. Grows abundantly on dry, 

 elevated pastures and heathy soils. 



This plant is well deserving of cultivation on light, 

 dry, and high elevated inferior soils, and, on such 

 will yield a greater bulk of herbage than any of the 

 cultivated clovers. It is highly nutritious and eaten 



