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crown, and another in which it sends up a long flower stem with 

 loaves entirely different from those of the first season, and then 

 goes through the process of flowering and seeding. The turnip has 

 been introduced from Europe by the early settlers. 



The Sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) is indigenous in Europe, 

 and has been introduced into this country. The flower has a pecu- 

 liar sweet odor, which by drying becomes stronger and more agree- 

 able. Its taste is slightly bitterish. It is tender and succulent 

 when young, but becomes hard and woody in the stem, and is then 

 only fit to be eaten in the tops and leaves, when in full flower. It 

 is greedily eaten in its young and tender state by all kinds of live 

 stock, and when dried into hay has a fragrant odor. On account of 

 its flavor it is used in making the famous Gruyere cheese. In medi- 

 cine it is employed in the form of cataplasm applied to slight 

 inflammation. 



The Red clover (Trifolium pratense), besides the excellent grazing 

 it affords to cattle and horses, covers the ground with its broad 

 foliage so as to smother useless annual weeds. It enriches the soil 

 by the fixation of gases, and by the profuse ramifications of its 

 roots it acts with the power of a fallow, and makes both a mechan- 

 ical and chemical preparation for a beautiful and luxuriant cereal 

 crop. It flourishes best in limestone soil. There are biennial and 

 perennial varieties. 



The White Clover (Trifolium repens) is an indigenous perennial. 

 It grows wild, and possesses such extraordinary vitality as to spring 

 up spontaneously in great profusion in places where it could not 

 have previously vegetated for centuries. Its roots are fibrous, its 

 stems are stoloniferous and creep along the ground, striking root as 

 soon as they touch it. 



The Procumbent Hop (Trifolium procumbens) has yellow flowers, 

 and grows wild in East Baton Rouge. It is probably introduced. 

 It is but little relished by any kind of live stock, and is exceedingly 

 liable to mildew. 



Timoty (Phleum pratense) has been introduced into this country 

 from Europe, where it is indigenous. It thrives best in moist soils 

 and rich alluvial clay land. It affords twice as much nourishment 

 when its seeds are ripe, which takes place in August, as when it is 

 cut while in flower. It is valuable as a permanent grass and for 



