IV 
S. Trif.olium finguftifolium) fpicis villofis conico-ob- 
longis, dentibus ealycinis fetaceis, fubtequalibus, fo- 
lioiis linearibus. Hort. Cliff. 375. 'Trefoil with oblongs 
conical hairy fpikes , having briftly indentures to the em- 
palerhents which are almofi equal , and linear lobes to the 
leaves. Trifolium montanum, anguftiffimum, fpica- 
tum. C. B. P. 238. Spiked Mountain Trefoil with the 
narrow eft , leaves. 
9. Trifolium ( Arvenfe ) fpicis villofis ovalibus, dentatis 
ealycinis fetaceis squalibus. Hort. Cliff. -375. Trefoil 
with oval hairy fpikes and briftly indentures to the empale- 
ments which are equal. Trifolium arvenfe humilie fpi- 
catum five lagopus. C. B. P. 328. Hare’s-foot Trefoil. 
10. Trifolium ( Fragiferum ) capitulis fubrotundis, ca- 
lycibus infiatis bidentatis reflexis, caulibus repentibus. 
Hort. Cliff. 373. Trefoil with roundifh heads, reflexed 
bladder empalements with two teeth , and a creeping ftalk. 
Trifolium fragiferum frifeum. C. B. P. 329. Straw- 
berry Trefoil. 
11. Trifolium [M. Officinalis) leguminibus racemofis 
nudis difpermis, caule eredto. Hort. Cliff. 376. Tre- 
foil with long naked bunches of pods containingtwo feeds , and 
an erehl ftalk. MelilotusofficinarumGerrnanicas. C.B.P. 
331. Common Melilot. 
12. Trifolium ( M Carulea)i picis oblongis, legumini- 
bus feminudis mucronatis, caule eredlo. Hort. Cliff 
375. Trefoil with oblong fpikes, half naked acute-point- 
ed pods , and an upright ftalk. Lotus hortenfis odora. 
C. B. P. 330. Sweet Trefoil. 
The firft fort, which is well known in England by the 
title of red Clover, needs no defeription ; this has 
been frequently confounded with the red Meadow 
Trefoil by the botanifts, who have fuppofed they were 
the fame fpecies ; but I have often fown the feeds of 
both in the fame bed, which have conftantlv pro- 
duced the two fpecies without varying. The {talks of 
the Meadow Trefoil are weak and hairy, the ftipute, 
which embrace the foot-ftalks of the leaves are narrow 
and very hairy •, the heads of flowers are rounder and 
not fo hairy as thofe of the Clover, whofe {talks are 
ffrong, altnoft fmooth, furrowed, and rife twice the 
height of the other ; the heads of flowers are large, 
oval, and hairy*, the petal of the flowers open much 
wider, and their tubes are fliorter than thofe of the 
other ; but the Clover has been fo much cultivated 
in England for near a hundred years paft, that the 
feeds have been fcattered over molt of the Englifh 
paftures, fo that there are few of them who have not 
Clover mixed with the other Grades *, and this has 
often deceived the botanitts, who have fuppofed that 
the Meadow Trefoil has been improved to this by 
dreffing of the land. 
Since the red Clover has been cultivated in England, 
there has been great improvement made of the clay 
lands, which before produced little but Rye-grafs, and 
other coarfe bents ; which, by being fown with red 
Clover, have produced more than fix times the quan- 
tity of fodder they had formerly on the fame land, 
whereby the farmers have been enabled to feed a much 
greater flock of cattle than they could before, which 
has enriched the ground, and prepared it for Corn ; 
and where the land is kept in tillage, it is the ufual 
method now among the farmers, to lay down their 
ground with Clover, after having had twp crops of 
Corn, whereby there is a conftant rotation of Wheat, 
Barley, Clover, or Turneps on the fame land. 
The Clover-feed is always fown with Barley in the 
fpring, and when the Barley is taken off, the Clover 
{preads and covers the ground, and this remains two 
years, after which the land is ploughed again for Corn. 
The Clover is a biennial plant, whofe roots decay af- 
ter they have produced feeds ; but by eating it down, 
or mowing it when it begins to flower, it caufes the 
roots to fend out new {boots, whereby fome of the 
plants are continued longer than they would naturally 
remain. The common allowance of feed for an acre 
of ground is ten pounds. In the choice of the feeds, 
that which is of a bright yellow colour, inclining to 
brown Aiould be preferred, and the pale-coloured thin 
feed fhould be rejedted. The CloVer-feed fhould be 
fown after the Barley is harrowed in, otherwife it will 
be buried too deep ; and after the feeds ate fown, the 
ground fliould be rolled, which will prefs the feeds 
into the ground ; but this fliould be done in dry wea- 
ther, for moifture will often caufe the feeds to burft, 
and when the ground is wet, the feeds will flick to 
tke roll. This is the method which is generally prac- 
tifed by moft people in the fowing of' this feed with 
Corn, but it will b% much better if fown alone ; for 
the Corn prevents the growth of the plants until’ it is 
reaped and taken off' the ground, fo that one whole 
feafon is loft ^ and many times, if there be a great 
crop of Corn upon the ground, it fpoils the Clover, 
fo that it is hardly worth {landing 5 whereas, when it 
is fown without any other feed, the plants will come 
up more equal, and come on much fafter than that 
which Was fown the fpring before under Corn. 
Therefore from many years trial I would advife the 
feeds to be fown in Auguft, when there is a profpedt 
of rain foon after ; for as the ground is at that feafon 
warm, fo the firft fhower of rain will bring up the 
plants, and thefe will have time enough to get ftrength. 
before the winter : and if, fome time in Gdlober, 
when the ground is dry, the Clover is well rolled, 
it will prefs the ground clofe to the roots, and caufe 
the plants to fend out more fhoots ; the fame fliould 
be repeated in March, which will be found very fer- 
viceable to the Clover. The reafon of my preferring 
this feafon for the fowing of the feeds rather than 
the fpring is, becaufe the ground is cold and wet in 
fpring, and if much rain fail after the feeds are fown, 
they will rot in the ground , and many times when 
the ieed is fown late in the fpring, if the feafon fhould 
prove dry, the feeds will not grow, fo that I have al- 
ways found the other feafon has been the beft. 
Aboutthe latterend of May this Grafs will be fit to cut, 
when there fliould be great care taken in making it ; 
for it will require a great deal more labour and time 
to dry than common Grafs, and will {hrink info iefs 
compafs ; but if it be not too rank, it will make 
extraordinary rich food for cattle. The time for 
cutting it is, when it begins to flower ; for if it ftands 
much longer, the lower part of the ftems and the 
under leaves will begin to dry, whereby it will make 
a lefs quantity of hay, and that not fo well flavoured. 
Some people cut three crops in one year of this Grafs, 
but the beft way is to cut but one in the fpring, and 
feed it the remaining part of the year, whereby the 
land will be enriched, and the plants will grow much 
ftronger. 
One acre of this plant will feed as many cattle as four 
or five acres of common Grafs ; but great care fliould 
be taken of the cattle when they are firft put into it, 
left it burft them : to prevent which, fome turn them 
in for a few hours only at firft, and fo flint them as 
to quantity ; and this by degrees, letting them at 
firft be only one hour in the middle of the day, when 
there is no moifture upon the Grafs, and fo every 
day fuffer them to remain a longer time, until they 
are fully feafoned to it ; but great care fhould be had 
never to turn them into this food in wet weather ; or 
if they have been for fome time accuftomed to this 
food, it will be proper to turn them out at night in 
wet weather, and let them have hay, which will pre- 
vent the ill conlequences of this food ; but there are 
fome who give ftraw to their cattle while they are 
feeding upon this Grafs, to prevent the ill effedls of it ; 
which muft not be given them in the field, becaufe 
they will not eat it where there is plenty of better food. 
There are others who fow Rye-grafs - amongft their 
Clover, which they let grow together, in order to pre- 
vent the ill confequences of the cattle feeding wholly 
on Clover ; but this is not a commendable way, be- 
caufe the Rye-grafs will greatly injure the Clover in its 
growth, and the feeds will fcatter and fill the ground 
with bents. 
Where the feeds are defigned to be faved, the firft 
crop in the fpring fhould be permitted to {land until 
the feeds are ripe, which may be known by the ftalks 
and heads changing to a brown colour ; then it fhould 
be 
