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growth of any kind of clover on nearly all soils; 

 hence, the marked increase in the growth of the 

 clover that usually follows the application of a dress- 

 ing of wood ashes, especially in the unleached form. 

 Top-dressings of farmyard manure are also quite 

 helpful to such growth. 



The conclusion must not be reached that because 

 white clover is not much in evidence in a permanent 

 pasture for one or two, or even three dry seasons, 

 if these should follow each other, that it will not 

 come again and with great vigor and in much abun- 

 dance when a wet season arrives again. 



For Lawns. — No other plant of the clover fam- 

 ily is so frequently sown when making lawns. For 

 such a use it is not sown alone, but is always the 

 complement of Kentucky blue grass or of a mixture 

 of grasses. No two plants can be singled out that 

 are more suitable for lawn making than white clo- 

 ver and Kentucky blue grass. Both are fine in their 

 habit of growth. The two in conjunction usually 

 make a more dense sward than either alone, and 

 the clover will grow and produce many flowers, if 

 not kept clipped too closely when the blue grass is 

 resting in midsummer. 



As lawns are usually small, and a dense sward is 

 desired as quickly as it can be obtained, the seed 

 should be sown thickly on lawns, at the rate of not 

 less than 5 pounds of seed to the acre. The early 

 spring is the best time for sowing the seed, but in 

 mild climates it may be sown at almost any season 

 that may be convenient, providing the ground is 

 moist enough to germinate' the seed. In cold cli- 



