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in bloom during the first week of June, which is at least three w r eeks 

 earlier than the ordinary species should bloom in those localities. 



An annual white-flowered sweet clover was found in several locali- 

 ties in the fall of 1916. The seed which produced these plants was 



FIG. 5. Root of white sweet clover (on the left) and of biennial yellow sweet clover 

 (on the right). These roots were collected on October 28, 1915, at Arlington, Va., 

 from adjacent plats seeded to oats and sweet clover on April 10, 1915. Note the 

 difference in the size of the roots. Tubercles are present on the right-hand side of 

 each root. 



grown in Alabama. These plants resembled MelUotus alba in most 

 respects except that they were strictly annual. They flowered and 

 matured seed abundantly in South Dakota and North Dakota. It 



