CLOVERS 



Henderson's Medium Red Clover 



(Tri folium Pralense) 



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 and 

 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 substitute for green food for poultry during 

 the winter. As pasturage all animals thrive on it, partic- 

 ularly cattle, sheep and pigs, and as a green manuring 

 and soiling crop it is very valuable, adding humus and 

 nitrogen to the soil. 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 broad- 

 casted and cover not over half an inch deep. Red Clover 

 may be seeded with a number of different grasses as Timothy, 

 Orchard Grass or Tall Oat Grass, but usually it is grown 

 with Timothy, 8 to 10 pounds of Clover and half a bushel 

 of Timothy seed being sown per acre. A very 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 does not run out so soon as Clover and 

 Timothy alone. (See engraving.) 



Price, lb. 55c; 10 lbs. $5.00; 25 lbs. $10.00; 100 lbs. $38.00. 



Mammoth ' p p;£ D VINE Clover 



DOMESTIC GROWN 



(Trifolium 

 Pralense perenne) 



Henderson's Superior Recleaned 

 Crimson or Scarlet Clover j^fe 



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 nitrogeneous root formation will 

 alone many times repay the cost of seed and labor. 



Crimson Clover cut when coming into bloom makes hay richer in pro- 

 tein 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 stocks. 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. If sown too early, especially in Southern 

 States, it is apt to mature and form seeds the same season without making 

 full growth. In the latitude of New York City sow from July 15 to Sep- 

 tember 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 Clover (S ST <U C S L S^ R) 



Biennial. Time of flowering, June to September. Height, 3 to 5 feet. 



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, particularly to prepare poor soils where it is 

 ■difficult to get other crops to grow. Sow 10 lbs. per acre; weight, 60 lbs. per bushel. 



Price, lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $2.50; 25 lbs. $5.50; 100 lbs. $20.00. 



Perennial. Time of flowering, July. Height, 2 to 3 feet. 



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 bsts 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; weight, 60 lbs. 

 per bushel. Henderson's Superior Sample (extra recleaned). 



Price, lb. 60c; 10 lbs. $5.00; 25 lbs. $11.50; 100 lbs. $40.00. 



5 ^!ove h * Alsike or Hybrid Clover 



( Trifolium 

 Hybridum) 



Perennial. Time of flowering, July and August. Alsike or Swedish 

 Clover is a hybrid intermediate in growth and appearance between Red 

 and White Clovers. The blossoms are pinkish white. It is a perennial 

 and one of the hardiest of all Clovers, thriving particularly 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: weight. 60 lbs. per bushel. (.Sec engraving.) 



Price, lb. 60c; 10 lbs. $5.00; 25 lbs. $11.50; 100 lbs. $10.00. 



Korean Lespedeza 



An annual leguminous plant considerably grown, particularly in the South, as a 

 summer pasture, green forage and hay crop. It also has much value as a soil enricher 

 when plowed under as green manure. It will flourish on poor and exhausted soils, 

 too poor to produce profitable crops of any other forage plant. Sow 14 lbs. per acre; 

 weight, 20 lbs. per bushel. 



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



D HONEYSUCKLE White Clover {Trifolium repens) 

 Perennial. Time of flowering May to Sept. Height 6 in. (creeping). 

 Wh'te Clover is a valuable addition to mixtures for permanent pastures, as it fur- 

 nishes 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 suit- 

 able for the formation of a dense sward, and also to prevent the washing out of soil 

 during heavy rains. Sow (if alone) 8 lbs. per acre; weight, per bushel, 60 lbs. 

 Price, lb. 75c; 10 lbs. $7.00; 25 lbs. $16.25; 100 lbs. $60.00. 



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