pulse family. 



Alsatian Clover. Trifolium Tiyhridum. 



Alsike. 



Found iu June and July, in meadows and fields. 



The stalk (from 8 to 12 inches in height) is branching, leafy at 

 intervals, and curving in growth ; it is slender, round, and finely 

 grooved. Color light green, speckled with dull crimson. 



The leaf is compound, the 3 leaflets small and narrow ; the margin 

 is finely notched, the texture delicate and smooth to the touch ; the 

 color is a cool light green, with no clover-markings. The leaf is set on 

 slender grooved stems, with a pair of flaring wings at the junction with 

 the stalk ; the arrangement is alternate. 



The small flower is very like the White Clover, but tinted a 

 beautiful rose color. Set in a loose, small, round head, on a terminal 

 or side stem. 



When advanced in age the lower flowers of the head turn down- 

 wards, after the manner of the White Clover, which it closely resembles 

 except for the color. It is honey sweet in perfume. 



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