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■countries -that lie southwest and south. It has been 

 grown to a considerable extent in France, Germany 

 and Italy. The name Egyptian would seem also 

 to imply that it is grown in Egypt. It is not grown 

 to any considerable extent north and west in Europe, 

 owing, probably, to the too severe conditions of cli- 

 mate which characterize these. It is not indigenous 

 to America, but was probably introduced from 

 Europe two or three decades ago. Its late intro- 

 duction accounts for the fact that its adaptation 

 in some parts of the United States is as yet con- 

 troverted. 



This plant needs a climate rather mild and decid- 

 edly moist. It cannot withstand severe freezing 

 when the ground is bare; hence, its uniformly suc- 

 cessful growth cannot be relied on very far north 

 of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. True, in certain 

 winters of much snowfall it has come through in 

 good form considerably north of the rivers men- 

 tioned, l3ut in more instances it has failed. On 

 the other hand, while it grows best in warm cli- 

 mates, the growth in these is made chiefly when 

 the weather is cool, as in the autumn and spring, and 

 in some instances in the winter. It wovdd be about 

 correct to say that the climatic adaptation of this 

 plant is nearly the same as that of the peach. Cli- 

 mates too cold for fruitage in the latter would be 

 too cold for the uniformly safe wintering of crim- 

 son clover. It would also seem correct to state 

 that on suitable soils and with sufficient precipita- 

 tion, this clover will do best in the United States 

 when the climate is too warm for the medium red 



