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with sweet vernal grass — a species which, curiously enough, is 
highly endued with the same bitter and aromatic principle found 
so abundantly in the Melilots. For my purpose I chose the 
White Molilot, — though the yellow would doubtless answer as 
well, — mixing at the rate of half-an-ounce to an acre in the 
clover seeds, 
My experiment in this way has proved so successful that I 
have now a 50 ton rick of clover hay which cannot be excelled 
for aroma and quality. 
I may here mention that the Fenugraec — Trir/onella fanum- 
groicuni — might be used in the same way, 'as its herbage and 
seed are aromatic, but as it is a decided annual its seed could 
not be sown with the clover, than the seed of which it is so 
much larger, I have, therefore, adopted the plan of sprinkling 
over each load of vapid or badly made hay a small quantity of 
the powdered seeds of Fenugraec, much to the delight of my 
cattle. 
This is the only way in which the Melilots can be used, as 
they contain too much flavour to render their use as self-crops 
at all desirable, but I feel certain that the small admixture { 
have indicated will be of benefit in artificial pasture, whether 
for green food or the rick ; it would also, probably, impart 
additional flavour to the meat fed upon it. 
VIII. — Lotus— Bied's-foot Trefoil. 
Lotus corniculatus. Small Bird's-foot of the Meadow ; 
Lotus major, Larger Bird's-foot of the thicket and hedgerow 
in damp soils, are the two only species of agricultural importance. 
The former, valueless as a self-crop, may be advantageously 
mixed with seeds in laying down permanent pastures in light 
soils. 
I have grown the larger species repeatedly, and consider it 
more valuable than some of the newly-vaunted clovers and clover 
allies. It is calculated to yield a large crop in positions which 
would be far too wet for the successful growth of most other 
plants of this tribe. I have always sown it in drills about six 
inches apart, and have succeeded in getting an uniform plant of 
a foot in height. 
IX. — Medicago — Lucerne, &c. 
Medicago sativa, Lucerne, flowers purple. 
Medicago lupulina, Nonsuch Hop Trefoil of the farmer, 
flowers yellow. 
Lucerne is well known as a valuable soiling plant. It yields 
a large quantity of good herbage at a very early period of the 
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