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Bur clover and filaria (alfilaria) grow on high land, and die when dry weather 
comes. I do not know but they might be kept green all the year if kept wet. 
They are about the only plants which grow on the high land all the year as alfalfa 
qoes on the lowlands. As nine-tenths of our land is dry land, you can see the extent 
of our needs. 
Daniel Griswold, Westminster, Los Angeles, Cal.: 
I think alfilaria would be a good thing to raise in the Southern States, but it will 
be a rather hard seed to gather, though not so hard as Bermuda grass. It produces 
a small-jointed seed, with a beard or curl attached. Butte or Colusa County would, 
be the best place to obtain theseed. The plant is native here. It isnever cultivated 
but comes up of itself whenever there is rain enough. It grows everywhere (ex- 
cept in swamps) in damp land, on the driest land, and on the tops of hills up to the 
snow-line. It has a root that runs slightly downward, and it has to be very dry to 
prevent it making seed. On damp, rich land it grows large enough to make a good 
swath of hay. On poor or dry Jand it is small and dries up. but even in its dry state. 
stock eat it clean and are very fond of it. 
C. R. Orcutt, San Diego, Cal. : 
Erodium cicutarium and Erodium moschatum (about equally used) grow abundantly 
in southern California and through northern lower California, sometimes attaining 
a height of 2 feet or more. They grow on dry lands, but only in wet years or where 
there is abundant rain-fall do they attain any size. 
O. F. Thorton, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz.: 
It is not cultivated, but is rapidly spreading on the dry ranges (i. e., valleys and 
mountain sides), and is one of the very best wild grasses, either green or dry. 
(Plate 101.) 
RICHARDSONIA. 
Richardsonia scabra (Mexican Clover; Spanish Clover; Florida Clover; Water. 
Parsley; Bell-fountain; Poor Toe; Pigeon-Weed, etc.). 
This is an annual plant of the family Rubiacee which contains the 
coffee, cinchona, and madder. It is therefore not a true clover, that 
name having perhaps been given from the general appearance of the 
plant and the fact that the flowers are mostly borne in terminal heads. 
The stem is spreading, branching, and somewhat hairy, and the leaves, 
unlike the clovers, are composed of asingle piece. The plant is a native 
of Mexico and South America, which has become naturalized in the 
United States, especially along the Gulf coast, where its chief value 
seems to be as a renovator of poor, sandy soils. In more dry, exposed 
regions it seems to require rich, cultivated soils in order to do well. It 
has been but little cultivated, and it is not known how far north it may 
be grown successfully, but it would probably have little value where 
clover can be readily grown. The statements in regard to its value for 
pasture and hay are very conflicting. It is usually quite succulent and 
not readily cured in the climate where it is most largely grown. As it 
grows chiefly in cultivated grounds, it is often looked upon only as a 
weed. 
