TABLE OF CONTENTS. Xl 



CHAPTER IV. 



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ZiG Zag Cloteb, Cow Gbass (Trifolium Medium 89 



Specific character, observations, analysis — A careful com- 

 parison of the three species or Taiieties of Red clover re- 

 commended — Separate and mixed seedings [quantity of]; 

 weight of seeds per basbel. 



CHAPTER V. 



"Whitb Cloveb, Dutch Clovee (Trifolium Repens) 91 



Specific character, analysis — English first learned its use 

 from the Flemings — Grows in almost every variety of soil; 

 land running spontaneously to white clover a sure test of 

 its good qualities — Quantity of saed to be sown per acre ; 

 weight of seed per bushel. 



CHAPTER VI. 

 AiSTKB or Pkrenniai, Htbbid CiiOTEB (Trifolium Hybridum), 93 

 Takes its name from a district in Sweden — Highly esteemed 

 by the farmers of Sweden and the agricultaristsof Brit- 

 ain — ^Resembles the white more than the red clover — 

 Quantity of seed sown per acre by English farmers— Its 

 cultivation in Canada ; in the States, North and South. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Yellow Clovee, Hop Tkefoil, or Shambock Cloveb (Trifo- 

 lium Proovimbens) 97 



Specific character, analysis — Natural places of growth ; 

 soils on which it is recommended to be grown ; its value 

 as a pasture grass. 



CHAPTER Vni. 



Tellow Flowebed Cloveb, Common SrcKLiNO Olojsee, or 



SiiBNDEE Yellow Tbepoil (Trifolinm Filiforme) ...... 99 



Natural places of growth— Useful for growing on dry places. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Italiak Cloveb (Trifolium Incarnatum; 99 



Observation, analysis— Yields well — Cultivated in England 

 and Scotland as a field crop — Its introduction into this 

 country, and experiment w'th it. 



CHAPTER X. 



Egyptian Tebfoil (Trifolium Alexandrinum) 101 



Remarks — Of a more recent introduction into England than 

 Italian clover ; the habits of both compared — Preparation 

 of ground, and time of sowing. 



