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in the Netherlands and Great Britain. It stands 

 in high favor in Holland, but is not regarded so 

 highly in England, owing, probably, to the great 

 variety of grasses grown there in permanent pas- 

 tures. It is generally thought that it was not indig- 

 enous to the Southern States, but has reached 

 these from those farther north. It would seem to 

 be capable of growing in all countries well adapted 

 to the keeping of cattle ; hence, it follows in the wake 

 of successful live-stock husbandry. 



White clover seems able to adapt itself to a great 

 variety of climatic conditions. Nevertheless, it is 

 certainly better adapted to a moderately cool climate 

 than to one that is hot, and to a moist, humid climate 

 than to one that is dry. It has much power to live 

 through dry seasons, but it will not thrive in a cli- 

 mate in which the rainfall is too little for the suc- 

 cessful growth of small cereal grains. Where snow 

 covers it in winter, this clover will grow on timber 

 soils as far north as any kind of cereal can be made 

 to mature; and it will also grow as far south as 

 the Mexican boundary on the higher grounds, when 

 there is enough moisture present to sustain it. 



It would probably be correct to say that this plant 

 is found in every State in the Union, and that it suc- 

 ceeds well in nearly all the Northern States, from 

 sea to sea. Although it grows well in certain parts 

 of the Southern States, especially in those that lie 

 northward, the general adaptation in these is not 

 so high as in those further north. The highest 

 adaptation in the United States is probably found 

 in the Puget Sound region and in the hardwood 



