72 PERMANENT AND TEMPOEARY PASTURES. 



Clover. After cutting, Alsike Clover shoots quickly, liut the 

 growth is low, and the total of the aftermath only equal to 

 half the first cut. Still its value as a pasture plant is very 

 great indeed, and it is one of the best clovers for alternate hus- 

 bandry. It flourishes in tlie same deep moist soil as Timothy, 

 and makes an excellent conq)anion to that grass, but it is 

 equally at home with Tall Oat Grass, Italian Rye Grass, and 

 Cocksfoot. 



The botanical description and chemical analysis are given on 

 page 170, facing an illustration. 



Trifolium minus {Yellow Suckling). — This clover is by 

 no means unworthy a place in a permanent mixture, for 

 although its growth is very small and the produce scanty on 

 the gravelly soils and stony places where it is generally found, 

 on strong land and on the greensands it is of considerable value, 

 forming a dense mass of herbage and seeding itself down every 

 year. When grown Avith Eye Grass, and cut before it gets old, 

 it makes excellent hay which is much relished by stock. In such 

 a case the roots cannot be depended on for another crop, but 

 when pastured and kept constantly down the plant will provide 

 a bite all the summer. 



The small foliage admirably fits it for lawns and pleasure 

 grounds. 



Trifolium medium. — The Zigzag Clover of botanists, and 

 so called from the decided zigzag growth. This plant has never 

 yet been in commerce, nor has it been brouiiht under the influ- 

 ence of cultivation, and it is very distinct from all other kinds of 

 Eed Clover. The blossom is darker in colour tlian that of Trifo- 

 lium pratense. the head less dense, and invariably grows on a long 

 peduncle instead of immediately adjacent to the leaf. But the 

 most uniform divergence in structure is the absence of the broad 

 membranous stipule, and the substitution of one which is long 



