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Crop of Hay to mow by the Middle 

 or Latter-end of July, and a much 

 better After-feed for Cattle the fol- 

 lowing Autumn and Winter, than 

 the Grafs which is fown with Corn 

 will produce the fecond Year. The 

 Seed of this Sort may alfo be fown 

 with Grafs-leeds in Autumn, in the 

 manner before diredted for the com- 

 mon red Clover : and this autumnal 

 Sowing, if the Seeds grow kindly, 

 will afford a good early Crop of Hay 

 the following Spring ; and if, after 

 the Hay is taken off the Land, the 

 Ground is well rolled, it will "caufe 

 the Clover to mat clofe upon the 

 Ground, and become a thick Sward. 



The Seeds of this White Dutch 

 Clover is annually imported from 

 f lander s, by the Way of Holland \ 

 from whence it received the Name 

 of Dutch Clover ; not that it is more 

 2 Native of that Country than of 

 England ; for it is very common in 

 rnoift Pastures in every County in 

 England; but the Seeds were never 

 collected for fowing here till of late 

 Years; nor are there many Perfons 

 at prefent here, who fave this Seed, 

 altho* it may be done with the fame 

 Care as is praclifed for the Red Clo- 

 ver ; therefore it ihould be recom- 

 mended to every Farmer, who is 

 defirous to improve his Land, care- 

 fully to keep an Acre or two of this 

 White Clover for Seeds ; which will 

 lave him the Expence of buying of 

 the Seeds, which are often fo!d at a 

 great Price ; and there will be no 

 Want of Sale for any Quantity they 

 may have to fpare. 



The fourth Sort is an annual or 

 biennial Plant, which pe rimes as foon 

 as the Seeds are ripe. This grows 

 wild in divers Parts of England 

 amongft Corn, or upon other arable 

 Land ; and is feldom cultivated, un- 

 Ma in Botanic Gardens, it being a 

 aiedicir.al Plant- 



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The fifth and fixth Sorts alfo gr i\ 

 wild in England; but are often pj I 

 ferv'd in Botanic Gardens for Var I 

 ty. The fifth Sort produces He*| 

 very like a Strawberry, from wher I 

 it had its Name ; and the fixth S<| 

 has Heads very like Hops, for whi I 

 Diverfity they are fometimes cul 

 vated in Gardens ; the fixth Sort 

 alfo cultivated in the Fields for fee 

 ing of Cattle : this is general 

 known under the Title of Hop-ti 

 foil ; but the Seedfmen alfo fell t 

 Seeds for Trefoil, Nonfuch, ai 

 Hop-trefoil ; fo that they make i 

 Diilinclion between thcfe three Son 

 and if either is required, they mal 

 no Scruple of felling the Seeds the 

 have by them ; but the twenty-f 

 cond Sort is what was ufually'fow 

 by this Name, and is fo now in fori 

 Countries : this is a much ftrongj 

 Plant than the other, being in S12 

 equal to the Red Clover, and of 1 

 Inert Duration. Of the Hop-clovt 

 there are two Sorts ; one of them i 

 a much larger Plant than the other 

 fo is much preferable for Feed : th 

 Country-peorle alfo fow the lea; 

 Melilot, under the Title of Non 

 fuch ; but this is a low-trailinj 

 Plant, continuing but one Year 

 the Seeds of this are black, fo ma] 

 be eafily diitinguifhed. 



The feventh Sort grows wild ii 

 Paftures in many Parts of England 

 and is cut with the Hay, as ib thi 

 common Trefoil; from which it dif- 

 fers in having longer and narrowei 

 Leaves, and the Flowers being of a 

 deeper red Colour. 



The eighth Sort grows wild in 

 Italy, Spain, and the South of France', 

 from whence the Seeds have been 

 procur'd by fome Perfons who are 

 Lovers of Botany, and preferve this 

 Plant in their Gardens for the fake 

 of Variety. This is anannual Plant; 

 wherefore the Seeds mould be fown 



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