Drawn /row Nature and Copyrighted by James Carter dr* Co. 
WHITE CLOVER 
(MAGNIFIED) 
SEED 
POD 
^MAGNIFIED) 
STYLE 
CHEEPING HOOT 
PEN ETIf at ing 
FROM 6 to 15 inches 
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WHITE CLOVER. 
( Trifolium Repens Perenne.) 
Note the creeping habit of the prostrate stem , on account of which Dutch Clover has received the specific name of 
repens ( i.e ., creeping or crawling). Examine a growing specimen in a pasture, and observe how the shoots spread out 
in all directions upon the surface of the ground. The small white flowers that make up the head become brownish 
or rusty from the base upwards as the seed ripens. The fruit is a flat pod or legume (one in each floret) and contains 
three or four seeds of sulphur or orange colour. As in other leguminous plants, the roots are well furnished with 
nodules containing bacteria, by the agency of which the nitrogen of the atmosphere is rendered available as food for 
the plant, and nitrogenous manuring is therefore unnecessary. White Clover is a perennial plant, found in all old 
pastures, and it aids in forming a rich close turf. 
Seed Tested for Purity and Germination. Price (rom Hid. to Is. 3d. per lb. Special prices for quantities. See also page 17. 
CARTERS'. 237, 238, & 97, HIGH HOLBORN, LON DON. “1901. 
