244 SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Trifolium pratense, Limie.* 



The ordinary Eed Clover. All Europe, ISTortli Africa, North 

 and Middle Asia, extending to J apan. A biennial or under 

 special circumstances also perennial herb, of great importance 

 for stable-fodder. It prefers rich soil, and particularly such 

 which is not devoid of lime; gypsum dressings are recom- 

 mended for its fields. It enters very advantageously into the 

 rotation-system of crops. Also this s^^ecies would live in our 

 alps, where it would much enrich the pastures. 



Trifolium repens, Linne.* 



The ordinary White Clover. Europe, North Africa, North 

 and Middle Asia, Sub-Arctic America. Perennial. Most 

 valuable as a fodder-plant on pastoral land. It has a predi- 

 lection for moist soil, but springs again from dry s^^ots after 

 rain. It likes soil containing lime, prospers on poorer ground 

 than Ked Clover, is more nourishing and better digested and 

 less exhaustive to the soil. It has naturally spread over 

 many of our humid valleys, and its growth should be en- 

 couraged in such localities. 



Trifolium spadiceum, Linne. 



Bro^vn Clover. Europe, West Asia. Though only annual 

 or biennial, this has been recommended for wet sandy moor- 

 land, on which it redisseminates itself with readiness. 



Trifolium subrotundum, Hochstetter. 



The May ad-Clover. North and Middle Africa, ascending to 

 9000 feet. A perennial species, in its native countries with 

 advantage utilised for Clover-culture. This by no means 

 closes the list of the Clovers desirable for introduction, 

 inasmuch as about 150 well-marked species are recognised, 

 many doubtless of pastoral value. But the notes of rural 

 observers on any of these kinds are so sparingly extant, 

 that much uncertainty about the yield and nutritive value 

 of the various kinds continues to prevail. Most Clovers 

 come from the temperate zone of Europe and Asia; only 

 two are indigenous to the eastern of the United States of 

 North America, none occurs in Australia, few are found 

 in South Africa, several in California and the adjoining- 

 countries, several also in. Chili; no species is peculiar to 

 J apan. 



Trigonella Foenum Graecum, Linne. 



Countries on the Mediterranean Sea. The seeds of this 

 annual herb find their use in veterinary medicine. 



Trlgonella suavissima, Lindley. 



Interior of Australia, from the Murray-River and its tribu- 

 taries to the vicinity of Shark's Bay. This perennial, 



