348 TRIF9LIUM REPENS. WHITE CLOVER. 



Wlioii ripo it slid Is Ti.ore easily than red clover, and is more 

 apt to waste, hence more care is needed in tlie harvesting. 



Trifoliiim rept^iis, L. Wliito or Dutch (1ov«r. — A smooth 

 perennial; steins creei)iiig and rooting at the joints. S/ipnks 

 small, narrow, accuminate; jx-fiolcs 2-4 in., laajkls obovate or 

 oh(!ordatc, o])enrely toothed, often with a light mark towards 

 tlu! base. Ifeiuh, or (dose umbels, 1 in. diam. ; peduiudes 3-8 

 in. Flowers white or rosy, i)edicels reflexed after flowering. 

 J'diI 4-i] seeded. In pastures of Europe, liussian Asia, Africa, 

 India, X. America, at the North. This is the Shamroctk of the 

 modern Irish. 



Tim following, from Wm. Gorrie, gives a fair notion of its es- 

 timate among the farmers of P]ngland : " Ft has long been al- 

 most universally sown for pastures, but many consider its merits 

 highly over-rated ; for although it makes a great display on fa- 

 vorite soils, yet it is neither fattening nor oared for by stock 

 when they have a suflicient (dioice of ])asturage. No attempt has 

 been made to secure improved varieties." 



Below follows the opinion of Dr. S. A Knapp, of Iowa, who 

 says: " It nourishes when the true grasses wither; it appears to 

 defy equally poverty of soil, cold, excessive moisture or extreme 

 drought. It is perennial, whiidi gives it a great advantage over 

 red clover, and renders it an almost nec^essary 'ubstitute where 

 close grazing is pract'(;ed. It is extremely hardy, and turns its 

 s})rig)itly grecMi lea to the lingering snows of spring and stoutly 

 resists the shar}) frosts of approaching winter. It resists drought 

 with true clover stubbornness, and thrivi^s in the slough or upon 

 the knoil with almost equal vigor. It furnishes a large amount 

 of highly nutritive material. It has more protein and more fat 

 tlian Hid (dover. In llesh-forming material it is lu^arly 20 per 

 cent, ricdier than blue grass. The product is about eight tons of 



Fid. IJCJ. Trifoliuin liulirMuni, i>. (AlHike Olovcr,) a, imrt of a pluiit; c, a tlovver uu- 

 larged.—(Suil worth.) 



