MODELLING THE CLOVER . 325 



The Clover 



The well-known plants coming under the generalised term 

 of " clover " are of many species, and are of the greatest service, 

 as accessories, in nearly every field-group set up by the artist ; 

 indeed, there are few groups, whether dealing with such subjects 

 as larks and pipits, which nest upon the ground, or mice and 

 voles, or a group of bees, which are not beautified, and their 

 value enhanced, by these charming and truly pastoral plants. 



Although there are numerous species, those which will 

 most readily commend themselves to the artist and modeller 

 are the — 



Crimson clover, TrifoUum incarnatum, Linn. 



Purple clover, „ prateiise'. „ 



White (or Dutch) clover, „ repens „ 



Alsike (or hybrid) clover, „ hybridum „ 



but it may be as well to say, that it is only in rare instances 

 advisable to show more than one species in the same case ; and 

 there should be a good quantity shown, nothing looking more 

 paltry and unnatural, as maybe seen in some would-be "groups," 

 than a flower-head or two with, perhaps, three to six leaves. 



In extenuation of this, it may be urged that it is a most 

 difficult and tiresome flower to model and put together, and 

 consequently expensive. The obvious reply is, that if our 

 Government is too parsimonious to do it properly, it will be 

 better to leave it out of the groups altogether. The American 

 Government has done it thoroughly, and cheerfully paid a bill of 

 some hundreds of dollars for a representative mass of clover for 

 one group alone. 



The following description, for which the writer is indebted 

 to his friend. Miss F. M. Squires (after Mrs. Mogridge), will 

 give all but the necessary patience requisite to model this 

 flower, so extremely valuable, in every sense of the word, when 



