From PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 



CLOVERS 



Natural Soil Improvers- 

 Unexcelled for Stock Feeding 



All Clovers have the power to gather Nitrogen from the air, and store it in the form of nodules on the roots; thereby 

 providing rich food for crops of cereals, etc., which follow. Thus they save the cost of expensive commercial fertilizers, and 

 the labor of loading and spreading farm yard manure. The long roots of Clover penetrate deeply into the soil, improve its 

 drainage, render it more friable, and increase its capacity for holding moisture. When plowed under, Clover crops add humus 

 to the soil, and further improve its mechanical condition. 



Medium Red 



(Trifolium Pratense) 

 DOMESTIC GROWN 



Common or Medium Clover, June Clover 

 Red Clover according to locality is a biennial or short-lived perennial. 

 It grows one to two feet in height usually makes two crops a year, yielding 

 two to three tons of cured hay per acre. Clover hay is very nutritious; 

 all stock fed on it require less grain; chopped and steamed it is a good sub- 

 stitute for green food for poultry during the winter. As pasturage all animals 

 thrive on it, particularly cattle, sheep and pigs. In Northern States Red 

 Clover seed is usually sown in the spring; the earlier the better. If grown 

 alone, use 12 to 14 pounds of seed per acre if broadcasted and cover not 

 over half an inch deep. Red Clover may be seeded with a number of differ- 

 ent grasses as Timothy, Orchard Grass or Tall Oat Grass, but usually it is 

 grown with Timothy, 8 to 10 pounds of Clover and 20 pounds of Timothy 

 seed being sown per acre. A verv satisfactory combination is 5 pounds of 

 Red Clover, 5 pounds of Alsike Clover, 20 pounds of Timothy and 5 pounds 

 of Fancy Red Top per acre. This makes a fine quality of merchantable 

 hay and the field docs not run out so soon as Clover and Timothy alone. 

 Price, lb. 60c; 10 lbs. $5.50; 25 lbs. $12.00; 100 lbs. $40.00. 



Mammoth 



PEA VINE (Trifolium 

 RED Pratense perenne) 



DOMESTIC GROWN 



Quite distinct from the common Red Clover, being of larger and coarser 

 growth and valuable for purposes for which the latter is entirely unsuited. 

 It lasts longer and is two or three weeks later than common Red Clover. 

 Of very robust growth, yielding enormous bulk valuable for reclaiming 

 exhausted lands. Sow (if alone) about 12 lbs. per acre. 



Price, lb. 65c; 10 lbs. $5.75; 25 lbs.. $12.50; 100 lbs. $45.00. 



Alsike or Hybrid HybrUum) 



SWEDISH CLOVER 



The blossoms are pinkish white. It is a perennial 

 and one of the hardiest of all Clovers, thriving par- 

 ticularly well in cool and cold climates and stands 

 freezing well, but also adapts itself to most climates 

 where Clovers grow, and will grow in moister soil 

 than Red Clover, in fact, has produced splendid 

 crops under irrigation. The plants attain a height 

 of one to two feet ; stems and leaves, though smaller 

 than those of Red Clover, are much more numerous, 

 making hay of fine texture. 



Alsike frequently produces good crops on soils on 

 which Red Clover will not grow. We strongly 

 advise farmers to add 2 or 3 lbs. per acre to their 

 usual seeding of Red Clover and Timothy. Sow (if 

 alone) 8 lbs. per acre. (See Engraving.) 



Price, lb. 60c; 10 lbs. $5.50; 25 lbs. $12.00; 

 100 lbs. $40.00. 



Korean (Lespedeza) 



This strain is an improvement on the ordinary 

 Japan, ripens earlier, makes a larger growth and 

 a heavy cropper. Sow 15 lbs. per acre. 



Price, lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $2.50; 25 lbs. $5.00; 

 100 lbs. $16.00. 



Ladino 



This type of Clover is used in pasture mixtu 

 with success and is hardier than Alfalfa 

 used as a green feed for poultry. 



Sow 8 lbs. per acre. 



Price, lb. $1.75; 10 lbs. $15.00. 



Crimson or Scarlet 



(Trifolium 

 Incarnaiurri) 



Plowing under a good crop of Scarlet Clover is equivalent to 20 tons of 

 stable manure per acre and even if the Clover be harvested or pastured, the 

 benefits derived from the wonderful nitrogenous root formation will alone 

 many times repay the cost of seed and labor. 



Crimson Clover cut when coming into bloom makes hay richer in protein 

 than Red Clover, and the yield on average soils is two to three tons per 

 acre. It is especially adapted for green forage and silage and is much 

 relished by dairy stock. Cut green before flowers mature. 



Crimson Clover should not be fed after the flowers mature for the hairs 

 of the calyx are apt to form "hair balls" in the stomachs of animals. 



Sow at the rate of 15 pounds of seed per acre, either broadcast or drilled. 

 Cover lightly with a harrow. In the latitude of New York City sow from 

 July 15 to September 15, and in the South as late as October. Time of 

 flowering is June; height 2 feet. 



Price, lb. 40c; 10 lbs. $3.50: 25 lbs. $7.50; 100 lbs. $25.00. 



White Bokhara 



(SWEET CLOVER) 

 (Melilotus alba) 



Can be 



A perennial leguminous plant of tall, shrub-like growth, occasionally 

 grown as a forage plant; and often for bees; the numerous small white 

 flowers possess a sweet, honey-like fragrance. The importance of Bokhara 

 Clover, however, is its value for plowing under for green manuring, particu- 

 larly to prepare poor soils where it is difficult to get other crops to grow. 

 Sow 10 lbs. to acre. 



Price, lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $2.50; 25 lbs. $5.00; 100 lbs. $16.00. 



White 



(Trifolium rcpens) 

 DUTCH or HONEYSUCKLE 



White clover is a valuable addition to mixtures 

 for permanent pastures, as it furnishes considerable 

 plant food to the other Grasses composing such 

 mixtures. 



In mixtures for lawns White Clover is always 

 used, as there is no plant more suitable for the 

 formation of a dense sward, and also to prevent the 

 washing out of soil during heavy rains. 



Price, lb. 95c; 10 lbs. $9.25; 25 lbs. $18.75; 

 100 lbs. $90.00. 



Wild White 



A dwarf-growing clover which should be added to 

 pasture, helps the grasses by adding nitrogen to the 

 soil, thrives on all soils and is relished by cattle. 



Price, lb. $3.25; 10 lbs. $30.00. 



Yellow Trefoil 



(Medicago Lupulina) 

 BIRDS FOOT CLOVER 

 This variety of Clover is recommended by some 

 states in mixtures for pasture mixture 

 growing hardy plant ; it is 



ficial food for all cattle. 



Price, lb. 50c; 10 

 100 lbs. $30.00. 



A dwarf 

 nourishing and bene- 

 Sow 8 lbs. per acre, 

 is. $4.00; 25 lbs. $8.50; 



Yields Good Crops in 



ALFALFA Or LUCERNE (Medicago Saliva) 



All Sections of the United States. Efficient Soil-Enricher and Hay-Producer. 



DOMESTIC GROWN 



It needs one season to become established, .after which it yiel As enormous 

 crops annually for many years. 3 or 4 cuttings Per season, a*P e £ a » n | \ 

 to 6 tons cured hay per acre, are harvested, according to conditions and 

 locality. It does well on all good, rich soils (except heavy cay if well 

 drained, or overlying a permeable subsoil ; on calcareous soil it thrive 

 especially well. Alfalfa is one of the best cover crops for . ° rc ^ ard »- "»^ 

 •train of seed is grown in far Northern regions, where plant:, have to endue 

 extreme cold an/ still thrive in those high altitudes. Our expenence-and 

 that of our customers-has shown that such seed is undoubtedly the best 

 for the North and Eastern States. Before offering this seed to our cus- 

 tomers /or sale, it is thoroughly recleaned by the most modern seed cleaning 

 machinery. By this process we separate the sound perfect seeds from all 

 rubbish and light, imperfect seeds. Sow' in the Northern States du ins 

 Tune. July or August, 30 to 40 lbs. of seed per acre it broadcasted, 2d to oO 

 lbs. if drilled. In the South sow in February or September. 



Price, purchaser paying transportation, lb. 80c; 10 lbs. $7.50; 

 25 lbs. $17.50; 100 lbs. $65.00 



GRIMM The Hardiest Alfalfa Known 



DOMESTIC GROWN 



The attention of the Minnesota experiment station was caviled to this 

 Alfalfa in 1901 and by careful experimentation Grimm Alfalfa was found to 

 be far superior to common kinds in withstanding unfavorable winters. This 

 strain of Alfalfa seed not only endures extremely low temperatures, but it 

 can be cut with greater safety in the fall, and will bear more abuse in the 

 way of pasturage than any other forage plant. Grimm Alfalfa has larger 

 crowns, and a more spreading root system than the ordinary Alfalfa. It is 

 also claimed that it will yield from ten to fifteen per cent more than any 

 other varietv, and will start and thrive in undrained wet locations, wheie the 

 ordinary so'rt was tried unsuccessfully. One of the characteristics of the 

 Grimm' Alfalfa is that some of the plants produce peculiar greenish-yellow 

 flowers. The seed is high priced and it is rather hard to get the genuine 

 article. Sow 30 lbs. per acre. 



Price purchaser paving transportation, lb. 65c; 10 lbs. $6.00: 

 25 lbs. '$13.00; 100 lbs. $50.00. 



The Purchaser Pays Transportation Charges on Farm Seeds, Except Where Noted. 



