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form of the leaves and the color of the bloom as 

 to have' given rise in some instances to the inter- 

 changeable use of the names. The latter is so 

 named from the resemblance of the withered head 

 when ripe to a bunch of hops. Its growth has been 

 almost entirely superseded by Medicago lupulina, 

 since the other variety was low in production and 

 also in nutrition. Medicago lupulina is also called 

 Black Medick, Nonesuch, Black Nonesuch and Hop 

 Trefoil. In both England and Germany it is now 

 more commonly grown than white clover. It is more 

 or less recumbent in its habit of growth, but the stems 

 do not root as do the runners in the small white var- 

 iety. The stems, though tender in the early spring, 

 become woody as the season advances. The flowers, 

 as the name would indicate, are yellow, and the 

 plants produce seed numerously. The roots, like 

 those of the small white variety, are m.ore fibrous 

 than in some of the larger varieties. 



Yellow clover is perennial. Owing to the power 

 which the plants have to multiply through rooting 

 and re-seeding, they can stay indefinitely in con- 

 genial soils. The growth is vigorous in the early 

 part of the season, but less so later, and with the 

 advance of the season the herbage produced becomes 

 more woody in character. 



This plant furnishes considerable pasture dur- 

 ing the spring months, but in the summer and 

 autumn it makes but little growth. Though 

 palatable early in the season, it is less so later. 

 Nevertheless, it may be made to add materially 

 to the produce of pastures in which it grows. 



