WILD FLOWERS PINK 
cultivated and grew beautifully, but the flowers failed 
hopelessly to. produce seed the first year. Again 
another lot of seed was planted, and when the new 
plants began to blossom, a number of bumblebees, 
especially imported from America, were liberated 
among the flowers. The result was immediately 
gratifying, and from that day to this, Australia has 
successfully cultivated the Red Clover. Consequently, 
our dear old bumblebee has established, beyond any 
possible doubt in the minds of the pessimistic, the 
absolute dependency, for its very existence, of at least 
one flower upon insect life. Cross fertilization did it. 
“Now and then the honey bee, 
Laden with its treasure, 
Darting from the Clover blooms, 
Hums its drowsy measure.” 
Our warmest memories revert to those happiest days 
of our childhood, when we actually “lived in Clover,” 
and ate “Sour Grass,’ and sucked the honey from the 
nectar tubes of the florets which were pulled from 
the Clover heads. Pity the child who is denied the 
opportunity of roaming the fields and doing likewise! 
This perennial species is extensively cultivated for 
forage, and was originally introduced into America 
from Europe. The rather large, leafy, and branched 
stalk is more or less hairy, and rises erect, from six 
inches to two feet in height. The Clovers form large, 
loose, spreading tufts, and their slightly veined leaves 
are long-stemmed and thin textured. They are 
compounded commonly of three, or occasionally of 
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