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variety, may also he said of this one ; for though its produce Le greater, and form a better turf, 

 yet it is inferior in early growth, and in the produce of foliage. 



It flowers in the end of July, and the seed is ripe about the beginning of September. 



1 



Lotus cornimlatus. Bird's-foot Trefoil, Bird's-foot Clover 



Generic character: Legume cylindrical, straight; wings of the corolla cohe 

 edge ; calyx tubular ; filaments dilated upwards. 



upper 



Mi 



Heads depressed, of few flowers; stems decumbent, solid; legumes 



spreading, nearly cylindrical ; claw of the Iceelohovate; filaments all dilated. E. Bot. 2090. 

 bs, — Some Botanists have considered the next following plant f Loins major) a variety of 

 this " var. larger, stem more upright." Linn, and Withering. But the difference hetween 



manent 



raised from seed and cultivated on diff'erent soils. What renders a specific distinction 

 here of most importance to the Farmer, is the difTcrence which exists between them in au 

 agricultural point of view. The stems are prostrate, smooth, apparently free from hairs; 

 leaves slightly veined underneath, smooth. Curtis, 107; Flo. Dan. 991; Wither. Arr. 



Native of Britain, and all parts of Europe; also of Japan. Root perennial. 



Experiments, — At the time of flowering, the produce fi'oma clayey loam, is, 



Grass, 15 02. The produce per acre 

 80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry 

 The produce of the space, ditto 



dr. qr, 



oz. 



lbs. 



163350 



10209 6 



I 



25 

 75 



51046 



3190 6 



The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 



The produce of the space, ditto ^ - - 



7019 



2 1 



8 



-"4 



- 5742 9 



358 14 9 



This plant has been recommended for cultivation by Dr. Anderson, Mr. Curtis, and 



Woodwa 



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common with the herbage with which it is usually comLIucd; tlie flowers, it is true, appeared 

 always untouched, and, in dry pastures, little of the plant is seen or presented to cattle, except 

 the flowers, on account of its diminutive growth iu such situations. This, however, is nearly 



Whit 



found. 



Mr. Woodwa 



grows to a greater height than the Trefoils, and seems to be of a quah-ty equal, if not superior 

 to most of them. Professor Martyn observes, that in common with several other leguminous 

 plants, it gives a substance to hay, and perhaps renders it more palatable and wholesome to 

 cattle, It has been already observed, that the Clovers contain more bitter extractive and saline 

 matters than the proper natural grasses, and the Bivd's-foot Trefoils contain more of these vege- 

 table principles than the Clovers ; in pastures and meadows, therefore, where the Clovers hap- 



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of advantage ; but it appears to contain too much of the bitter extractive and saline matters to 

 be cultivated by itself, or without a large intermixture of other plants. 



