PEA FAMILY 



Flowers. — Papilionaceous, blue, in long terminal racemes. 

 Stamens. — Ten, distinct. 

 Pod. — Oblong, stalked. 



The Blue False Indigo, ornamental both in flower and foliage, 

 is a strong species, abundant along the Ohio River and southward. 

 It grows naturally in alluvial, sandy soil which is often submerged 

 by an overflowing stream, and when transferred to the garden 

 should be given a moist location. With some reason it is regarded 

 as a shy bloomer. There are many native Baptisias, but this is 

 considered the best for cultivation. 



CLOVER 



Trifbliam. 

 Named from tres, three, and folium, leaf. 

 Tufted or diffuse and creeping herbs, cultivated for their economic 



Leaves. — Palmately trifoliate. 



Stipules. — United to the petioles. 



Flowers. — Papilionaceous; all the petals 

 — standard, wings, and keel — more or less 

 united at the base; borne in dense heads 

 or spikes. 



Calyx. — Five-toothed. 

 Stamens. — Tep, diadelphous. 

 Pods. — Small, one to six seeded. 



The Clover group are not garden 

 plants, but they are beautiful in them- 

 selves, admirable for decoration in 

 country houses, and, moreover, an indi- 

 vidual plant of any of the species iso- 

 lated and treated as an honored 

 inmate of the garden will by its size 

 and beauty astonish its protector. 

 The tufts of Red Clover, Trifolium 

 praiSnse, are usually found wherever grass grows. The leaflets 

 are oval, ovate, or oblong, bluish-green and conspicuously marked 



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Leaf of Red Clover. Trijblium 

 pralfnse 



