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Trifolium Incarnatum. 



[AUG., 



dening experts of even an earlier period set a high value upon 

 Trifolium as an ornamental and showy border plant. Owing to 

 its peculiar climatic requirements Crimson Clover is most suc- 



FiG. 4. — Low-Grade Sample of Crimson Clover Seed 

 (magnified five diameters). 



cessfully grown in the Southern counties of England, where it 

 is usually cultivated as a catch crop. It is an erect-growing 

 annual, from one to two feet high, and its habit of growth, 

 hairy appearance, and bright crimson, oblorg flower-heads are 



