"10 PRACTICAL NOTES ON GRASSES AND GRASS GROWING, 
BrrpsFoor TREFOIL (LOTUS CORNICULATUS). 
This may, perhaps, be called a fancy plant in agriculture by 
reason of its being so little used, and the seed is at all times 
difficult to procure. 
Birdsfoot trefoil has certain advantages which render it 
valuable. It will endure any amount of drought, and will 
thrive almost as well on clover-sick land as on any other. It 
fills up the space underneath taller growing plants, thus increas- 
ing the crop, whilst it is less affected than most plants when 
grown on a bleak or exposed situation. 
If birdsfoot trefoil were more known, we are of opinion it 
would be more used, and more appreciated. 
Its seeds weigh from 65 lb. to 66 lb. per imperial bushel, 
and a pound should contain 400,000 germinating seeds. 
KIpNEY VETCH OR SAND CLOVER 
(ANTHYLLIS VULNERARIA). 
We are at a loss to know why this plant should be misnamed 
“‘sand clover,” unless, perhaps, it is because at the first 
glance in an early stage of growth one momentarily mistakes it 
for alsike clover—a delusion which should at once become 
apparent on closer inspection, as it has little if anything in 
common with clover. 
It is grown on inferior light and bleak sandy lands, or on 
lands with chalky sub-soil, where hardly anything except grasses, 
such as lupins, yarrow, or rib grass, will thrive. On this soil 
it will stand for some time, producing continuous and fairly 
good crops for several successive years if properly handled. 
It is certainly a perennial. 
Kidney vetch is best sown alone, but it is sometimes used in 
conjunction with other mixtures, and on such lands as are 
above described, we think a few pounds of its seed can advan- 
tageously be added; indeed, it may be treated similiarly to 
