CLIVIA 



this, with larger and deeper colored flowers. Established 

 plants may be grown in the same pots for several years, 

 if the plants are fea during the growing period with 

 weak liquid manure. In potting, the soil given should 

 be of a lasting nature, not easily 

 soured, nor apt to become sodden. In 

 arranging the drainage, place one 

 large piece, concave side down, over 

 >the hole, and around this arrange 

 several smaller pieces. Over these 

 place one or two handfuls of pieces 

 small enough to go through a No. 2 

 sieve. The best time to pot is after 

 the flowers have been produced. 

 The plants should then be kept for 

 some time in a humid atmosphere 

 to encourage growth, receiving an 

 abundance of wntrr after they are 



ture (ii"i II •'' ■■ !" . 'I ''■]'! ! -'liiT 



select olil plants wliicli havi- )>i-c(inie 

 crowded in their pots, so that the 

 entire plant can be pulled to pieces. 

 After trimming the roots, put the 

 growths in siiiall pots ami k,'<|i in 

 heat, t.i i-iirouia-.' ]-.."1 ni'iioii. Cliv- 



manently in tin' trout |.ai-i ..f ^rc<-n- 

 house borders. Tin- soil foT-i!ii~ j.ur- 

 pose should be ri.li an. I h.II liinu-d 

 about the roots. AN'itlili.ild wairr as 

 much as possibli- ilniini; tin- v. sting 

 period, or the i)Innts will pro(luce 

 leaves at the expense of the flowers. 

 Trifolium pratense. A. Fls. erect ; perianth broadly 



Root-system. funnel-shaped. 



mini4ta, Kegel {Imantopht'iUiim 

 miniitum. Hook.). Fig. 496. Lvs. 1&-20, in a tuft, 

 sword-shaped, tapering to a point, l^^ft. long, lS-2 in. 

 broad : fls. 12-20, in an umbel ; perianth erect, bright 

 scarlet, with a yellow throat ; tube broadly funnel- 

 shaped, longer than C. nobilis ; segments about 2 in. 

 long, the inner ones broader than the outer ; stamens 

 shorter than the segments ; style not exserted : berries 

 ovoid, bright red, 1 in. long. "Natal. B.M. 4783. R.H. 

 in."):!. |.|.. ]-2i;, rJ7. F.S. '.i:'.iHi: 2:i:2:!7.S. I. H. 26:343; 

 :fli:sii; :;7:lnJ: tn:177. K.Il. lsi;:i : ■_>.-,ll, and lSfl4. p. .•i72.- 

 /. .o,,/.,„/;,/(7o,-„»/, \-an lloutio (F.S. 18:1877), is a 

 hvl.riil iM-tw.-.-n this s|..-.-i.-s au,l the next. 



AA. Fl.1. pendulous ; perianth narrowly funnel-shaped. 

 ndbilis, Lindl. {Imantophyllum Aitoni, Hook.). Lvs. 

 about 12, straji-shaped, very obtuse, with a roughish 

 edge: (is. 40-60, in an umbel; perianth curved and droop- 

 ing ; tube narrowly funnel-shaped, shorter than in C. 

 miniata ; segments tipped with green, about 1 in. long; 

 stamens as long as the segments; style exserted. Cape 

 Colony. B.M. 2856. L.B.C. 20:1906. Int. to cult. 1828. 

 I.eyrtantMnbrum,Ya,n Houtte (F.S. 18:1877), said to 

 be a hybrid between this and the above, shows little if 

 any influence of C. miniata. It has the narrow-tubed, 

 pendulous fls. and the greenish tinge of C. nohilis. 

 K.H. 1894, p. 573. 



CLOVES 



337 



, Oliver and W. M. 



CLOUDBEBEY. See iJ« 



The Carnation, Dianthus Caryo- 



CLOVEB, Species of Trifdlium (LegiiminosiE), par- 

 ticularly those which are useful in agriculture. The 

 word is also applied to species of related genera, as 

 Medicago. The Sweet Clover is Melilotus. Bush and 

 Japan Clover are Lespedezas. Prairie Clover is a 

 Petalostemon. 



Of Trifolium there have been described about 300 

 species. These are widely dispersed in temperate cli- 

 mates. The fl&. are papilionaceous but small, and are 

 disposed in dense heads or spikes. Lvs. are digitately 



or palmately 3-foliolate. The 

 pratense, Linn., now thoro 

 America, but supposed not to be native here. It is Eu- 

 ropean. It is valuable both for stock feed (as pastur- 

 age and hay), and also as a green manure. As a manure 

 crop, it is i>arti'-nlMrlv -v-nbnit'lp because of its deep root- 

 system anil its I ,. , r III . onmn.n with other leguminous 

 plants) of liMi : i! I I >-rn of the air by means 

 1-. 497 illustrates the root- 

 - ilh root of a 15-months' old 

 I'l il.i>' soil. It is 22 in<'hes long. 



of 



Fi-. 



system, 

 plant whi. 



and some ot tlji- root was hit m thr ^'f..ninl. The Mam- 

 moth Red Clovor ( r. ,„:<i;„„i. Linn.). i<iM-ol.ahlvan off- 

 shoot of T. pni/, IIS,'. It is i.snally a la]s;ir plant, with 

 zigzag stem, entire and spotted Itts. ami longer-stalked 

 head. White Clover, or Shamrock, is T. repens, Linn., 

 intr. from Europe, and supposed to be native to N. 

 America as well. Alsike Clover, T. hybriditm, Linn., is 

 of E\iropean nativity. The Crimson or Scarlet Clover 

 al from S. Eu., is now much grown 

 as a catch- or cover-crop in or- 

 chards. See Cover-crops. It is 

 also highly ornamental, and is 

 worthy the attention of the florist. 

 L. H. B. 



CLOVES are the dried flower-buds (Pig. 500) of a hand- 

 some tree of the myrtle family, Eugenia caryophyllata, 

 better known as Caryophyllus aromaticus, a native of 

 the Spice Islands, but now cultivated in the West Indies 

 and elsewhere. Caryophyllus, the ancient name of the 

 Clove, means nut-leaf. The carnation, or "clove pink," 

 was named Dianthus Caryophyllus because of its clove- 



