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ground has been previously well prepared, - sow 

 broadcast, at the rate of 16 to 20 Ibs. per acre, with 

 half a bushel of rye, oats, or barley. As a rule, cut 

 when in flower for soiling. It may be drilled to ad- 

 vantage, in drills twelve inches apart ; 15 Ibs. of seed 

 per acre, if drilled ; 25 Ibs. per acre, if broadcast. 



If Lucerne can be grown successfully in Canada, it 

 certainly may be grown with equal success in many 

 parts of the States, 



A bushel of Lucerne seed weighs 60 Ibs. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



BLACK MEDICK, ISTO^ESIJCH, LUCEERNE, RESEMBLING- 

 HOP TEEFOIL. 



Medicago Lupulina Specific Character. 



(Black Medick Nonesuch) Procumbent, pubes- 

 cent, annual leaflets, wedge obovate, toothed at the 

 apex ; flowers in short spikes (yellow) ; pods kidney 

 form, one-seeded. Flowers in May and ripens seeds 

 in June. 



Observation. Stems trailing, unless supported by 

 the plants with which it grows ; about a foot long, 

 somewhat angular, slightly hairy, branched. Leaves 

 obovate or wedge-shaped, toothed towards the top ; 

 the mid rib lengthened out to a short, broad point ; 

 soft pubescent, particularly on the under side. 

 Flowers small, yellow from thirty to forty, and up- 

 wards, in a head, which is at first roundish, after- 

 wards oval. 



Legume striated and wrinkled, somewhat hisped, 

 with rigid hairs, turning black when ripe ; seed 



