From PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 7 
Natural Soil Improvers— 
C L OV E R S 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. 
Q (Trifolium Pratense) 
Medium Red pomestic 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. Jf 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 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. 
Price, Ib. 60c.; 10 lbs. $5.50; 25 lbs. $12.50; 100 lbs. $45.00. 
PEA VINE (Trifoli 
Mammoth * ?¥3, pies 
D 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, Jb. 65c.; 10 lbs. $6.00; 25 lbs. $13.00; 100 lbs. $47.50. 
Alsike or Hybrid (Trifolium 
Hybridum) 
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 en 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 Ibs. per acre. (See Engraving.) 
IPricewmlbano ocean 10) Ibsi1 $5200)" 258 ibs: 
100 lbs. $35.00. 
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. 40c.; 10 lbs. $3.50; 25 lbs. $7.00; 
100 Ibs. $22.50. 
Ladino 
This type of Clover is used in pasture mixtures 
with success and is hardier than Alfalfa. Can be 
used as a green feed for poultry. 
Sow 8 lbs. per acre. 
Price, lb. $1.75; 10 Ibs. $15.00. 
$10.00; 
° (Trifoli 
Crimson or Scarlet Tee 
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, Ib. 40c.; 10 Ibs. $3.50; 25 Ibs. $7.50; 100 Ibs. $25.00. 
(SWEET CLOVER) 
White Bokhara (Melilotus alba) 
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, Ib. 30c.; 10 lbs. $2.50; 25 lbs. $5.00; 100 Ibs. $16.00. 
White 
(Trifolium repens ) 
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. 85c.; 10 Ibs. $8.00; 25 Ibs. 
100 Ibs. $70.00. 
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. $2.50; 10 Ibs. $22.50. 
Yellow Trefoil 
(Medicago Lupulina) 
BIRD’S FOOT CLOVER 
This variety of Clover is recommended by some 
states in mixtures for pasture mixture. A dwarf 
growing hardy plant; it is a nourishing and bene- 
ficial food for all cattle. Sow 8 lbs. per acre. 
Price, lb. 40c.; 10 Ibs. $3.75; 25 Ibs. $8.00; 
100 lbs. $30.00. 
$18.75; 
ALFALFA or LUCERNE (Medicago Sativa) 
Yields Good Crops in All Sections of the United States. 
HENDERSON’S NORTHERN DOMESTIC GROWN 
It needs one season to become established, after which it yields enormous 
crops annually for many years. 3 or 4 cuttings per season, aggregating 4 
to 6 tons cured hay per acre, are harvested, according to conditions and 
locality. It does well on all good, rich soils (except heavy clay), if well 
drained, or overlying a permeable subsoil; on calcareous soil it thrives 
especially well. Alfalfa is one of the best cover crops for orchards. Our 
strain of seed is grown in far Northern regions, where plants have to endure 
extreme cold and still thrive in those high altitudes. Our experience—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 jor 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 during 
June, July or August, 30 to 40 Ibs. of seed per acre if broadcasted, 25 to 30 
Ibs. if drilled. In the South sow in February or September. 
Price, purchaser paying transportation, Ib. 70c.; 10 Ibs. 
$6.50; 
25 Ibs. $14.00; 100 lbs. $50.00. 
Efficient Soil-Enricher and Hay-Producer. 
GRIMM The Hardiest Alfalfa Known 
DOMESTIC GROWN 
The attention of the Minnesota experiment station was called 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 variety, and will start and thrive in undrained wet locations, where the 
ordinary sort 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 Ibs. per acre. 
Price, purchaser paying transportation, Ib. 80c.; 10 Ibs. $7.00; 
25 lbs. $16.25; 100 lbs. $60.00. 
The Purchaser Pays Transportation Charges on Farm Seeds, Except Where Noted. 
