than  a  large  pin  ajid  nearly  two  inches  long. 
'J'hc  ilowerw  we  Halvcr-Hhapod,  one  inch  in  diam¬ 
eter,  with  live  (livisiona.  They  are  borne  in  api- 
cate  umlxlH,  twenty  or  thirty  in  numbf^r.  The 
color  ia  their  atriking  bf-aut}'.  We  can  only  de¬ 
scribe  it  as  a  mixture  of  lavender  and  blue  of  an 
exquiaitely  doUcate  tint.  One  U  tempted  to  pluck 
those  chaste  flowers  for  bompiets,  bnt  they  are 
as  pcrishahle  as  beautiful  and  wilt  under  the 
touch. 
It  is  not  a  clitubuig  plant,  but  like  Achania, 
though  HO  different  in  all  other  raspoctH,  droopR 
from  the  weight  (if  ita  long,  ela«tic,  tbi('kly-l'o- 
lingcd  brauchoH,  it  nuRujiported.  Tlnfl  plant  iR 
adtnirably  adapted  to  rock-woikR  and  luxuriates 
in  ahnoHt  any  soil.  It  will  htand  frost,  and  may 
bo  bedded  early  and  left  out  late. 
/'.  rosert  has  Die  same  delicwy  ot  color,  in¬ 
clining  to  roHO  that  eajrw'«»/«  has.  inclining  to 
lilac;  bnt  it  requires  a  liigher  temiieratnre,  is 
more  tender  and  less  florifcioUB. 
Wc  cannot  recall  two  plants  more  suitable  for 
Hiftiiig-room  cioniers  or  vaRes,  window  gardens  or 
(s>ol  groenhousefl  than  Arhania  mahavinruit  and 
rimiih/yffn  cnpmms ;  and  iln'y  arc  thri  more  to 
he  piized  for  the  reason  that,  a,f(<T  having  ghul- 
dened  the  house  diu-ing  the  winter,  tliey  are 
ready  witiiout  re.st  to  continue  theii-  usefulness 
in  the  garden  for  the  rest  of  the  year. 
E.  S.  Cabman. 
about  30  too  much,  even  in  Montana,  where  it 
apj)ear8  to  succeed  as  well  as  anywhere  else  in 
the  world. 
If  the  fanners  in  Wisconsin,  Minnesota  and 
other  Northwestern  States  have  not  already  tried 
this  wheat,  it  would  be  well  for 
them  to  do  ao,  for  it  may  _ 
prove  to  be  of  some  value 
even  for  feeding  stock,  if  not 
for  hrtoid. 
A  dollar  iKT  pound  is  rather 
a  hlgli  price  for  seed,  still  it  is 
not  uecoRHary  for  a  farmer  to  okainr  of  bye. 
invest  more  tlian  a  pound  to  begin  witli,  and  thifl 
amcnuit  will  not  Ixi  likely  to  send  liim  into  haid;- 
niptcy  oven  should  it  he  lost. 
for  sheep  and  for  butter  or  cheese!  and  is  sown 
on  all  arable  land  which  is  not  strong  enough  to 
grow  good  red  clover.  For  instance,  I  farmed 
on  the  borders  of  the  Cotswold  Hilis  and  had 
:  arable  fields  in  the  valley  running  to  ihe  heading 
of  tlio  river  Stour  and  up  the  incline  to  the  top 
of  the  hills  and  tlicrc  were  about  &20  acres,  all 
arable,  pn  the  bills.  In  the  valley  I  planted  all 
red  clover  each  time  the  rotation  came  round, 
planting  up  after  one  year  on  the  side  of  the  hill. 
I  sowed  Hid  clover,  white  clover  aud  rye  grass 
mixed,  but  on  Uio  top  substituted  trefoil  for  red 
clover,  sowing  a  hiish»>l  of  rye  gi-ass  seed,  eight 
poiuids  of  white  clovi-r  and  six  pounds  of  trefoil. 
There  were  about  fkx)  acres  of  old  grass  land  in 
the  valley  and  some  on  the  slope  at  the  com¬ 
mencement  of  the  rise  to  the  hills,  which  was 
never  plowed  hi  the  uieniory  of  the  tlicn  genera¬ 
tion,  and  white  clover  wa.s  prominent  as  one  of 
the  great  number  of  grasses  which  nm  to  as 
many  as  70  varieti<'s.  It  is  a  very  valuable  grass 
uud  always  hJiows  green  on  well  grazed  grass 
land  and  is  the  main  stay  on  lawns,  aud  is  bene- 
litUid  by  having  sheep  boon  it,  hence  the  penning 
of  sheep  over  initilic  jiarks  In  England  and  in  the 
(lontral  Park  in  New  York. 
It  is  a  gi'eat  mistake  to  snpiKjsc  that  white 
clover  is  an  huferior  grass,  for  in  reality  it  is  the 
lock  of  this  and  a  few  other  flue-fibeicd  grasses 
in  pastiuvis  which  cause  Uie  cheese  made  in  the 
United  Htates  to  Ktdl  for  less  than  the  Enghsh. 
In  I'lngland  cheese  is  always  made  Ircun  cwws 
which  graze  ou  old  pastures  wliich  abound  in 
sliort  herliage.  among  which  white  clover  is  more 
or  less  to  be  found.  Sheep  do  well  on  it  and  it 
invariably  tliickeus  n'b<!n  they  are  pastured,  and 
it  is  the  chief  cause  of  permanent  graas  wearing 
out  that  shcci>  arc  not  always  glazed  at  some  pe¬ 
riod  of  the  year.  A  thick-set.  shuit  pastme  is 
tar  better  than  tall  lierLuge  and  shudes  the  roots 
better  for,  us  1  have  said  many  times  before,  in 
villages  and  on  road  sides  where  many  varieties  of 
animals  graze  close,  tJierc  will  be  seen  a  green 
living  face  vvliieb  coulinucs  to  spring  up  daily  and 
still  look  sweet  and  be.  eaten  eagerly  by  ))orst!8, 
goats,  swine  and  geese,  while  in  tlie  farnu.r’8 
field  near  by  will  be  8<.<fii  long  glass  dried  up 
brown  and  nupaJatable  with  no  green  bottom 
liMbage.  Yet  men  will  persist  in  saying  there 
should  he  long  grass  left  lUicaUn  to  shade  the 
ground.  Wioii  sheep  are  as  immerous  as  they 
lu  ein  England  and  old-efltahlUhedgra.S8  is  under¬ 
stood,  white  clover  will  not  be  Rlighted,[and  when 
the  old  pastures  are  occasionally  mowed,  it  will 
be  found  this  despised  white  clover  will  give  an 
extra  half  ton  per  acre  of  the  sweete-sl  fattening 
sheep  hay.  A  Working  Fabmkr. 
tings  have  formed  root*.  The  seeds  are  verj- 
slow  to  genuinatc,  and  will  require  six  months, 
as  a  rule,  without  bottom  heat.  AH  the  socdlings 
that  we  have  seen  bore  narrow-sepaled,  inferior 
flowers,  though  they  may  be  used,  especially 
Floinimila,  for  stocks  upon  wliich  to  graft  the 
finer  sorts. 
We  are  thinking  that  a  ciicular  bed  of  Clem¬ 
atises,  arranged  as  we  have  to  suggest,  w'ould 
prove  a  feature  of  the  llowcr  gaiden  as  lovely  as 
anything  that  can  he  imagined.  Kay  that  the 
bod  is  15  feet  in  diametCT.  Arrange  vetiical 
stakes  at  stulablo  distanoes  over  it  that  is,  stick 
them  in  the  gioimd  perpendicularly,  the  lughest 
in  the  center,  sloping  to  the  perimeter.  Connect 
these  stakes  with  durable  cord  or  wire,  either 
with  each  other  or  in  confluent  linos,  and  train  a 
well-selected  assortment  of  Clemetisos  thereon. 
Before  the  winter  sets  In  the  vines  might  ho  care¬ 
fully  untwined  and  spread  about  the  stakes.  The 
ground,  sufticicmtly  covered  in  the  spring  with 
hay  or  ncwly-cut  grass,  would  retain  jiliuity  of 
moisture  for  the  suiiuiier,  and  would  retard,  if 
not  suppress,  weeds.  We  should  not  foster  ex¬ 
travagant  hopes  from  this  amingcment  the  first 
season.  Not  until  the  tliird  should  we  look  for 
the  full  beauty  of  these  vinos,  that -forming  a 
hemisphero  of  festooned  verdure,  vvitli  large 
flowers  of  pure  white,  rose,  lilac,  light-blue, 
dee[)-bliio  and  purp)#,  almost  touching  over  tlie 
cutiio  suii'aco — would  cause  (we  arc  lost  for  an 
adequate  climax)— would  cause  the  eye  to  iqiarkle  j 
with  delight  and  the  heart  to  dance  for  joy ! 
Wo  need  not  designate  at  length  any  special 
iilace  or  form  of  culture.  Grown  in  jKits  in  the 
cou-servatory  or  window — in  basket.^  or  vases- 
upon  rustic  polos,  siumner  houses  or  old  ti  eea  —as 
solitary  eubjccts  upon  the  lawu,  tied  to  single 
stakes,  with  cross-bars  on  tlvc  top  for  a  spreading 
head— in  aspects  never  reached  by  the  sun’s  rays— 
for  gute-jiusts,  fences,  rockeries— it  is  never  ill  st 
oaso,  and  always  most  vigorously  puls  on  its 
hap)iiest  looks.  The  price  of  the  later  v'arietios 
yet  iuterforos  with  its  api>earance  in  every  gar¬ 
den  ;  but,  that  reduced,  wo  cannot  doubt  that  the 
Clematis  will  soon  be  as  highly  thought  of  among 
us  as  it  long  has  been  in  England  and  on  the 
Continent. 
Our  drawing,  which  was  made  expressly  for  the 
Rural  Nevv-Yorkeb,  gives  a  not  overdrawn  reji- 
resentatioii  of  the  flowers  and  foliage  of  the 
Clematis.  E.  9.  Carman. 
River  Edge,  N.  J.,  Jan.,  1876. 
CLOVER  A  FAYING  CROP, 
Southern  farmers,  as  well  as  Northern,  arc 
learning  that  clover  lies  at  the  basis  of  all  good 
farming.  It  has  been  U!liev«!d  by  some  that 
clover  would  not  succeed  in  the  South.  Tliis  wo 
think  a  mistake.  There  is  one  danger  to  NorOieni 
clover  fields  from  wliich  Southern  farmers  are 
exemptr— i.  t,  th.at  of  wiiitor-kihiiig,  aud  Uiis 
probably  offsets,  in  most  cases,  the  danger  from 
severe  hot  and  dry  weather  in  summer.  Clover 
has  a  dcH  p  l'<x)t  and  if  that  once  strikes  down  it 
is  not  easily  destroyed  by  drouth,  where  the  soil 
is  rich  enough  to  encourage  vigorous  grow  th  and 
retain  moisture.  A  correspondent  ot  the  Ruial 
9nn  gives  the  following  cxiKTience  with  clover  on 
a  field  of  20  acres  of  scarcely  average  land  wliich 
would  not  produce  10  husliols  of  wheat  per  acre  : 
In  1871  I  sowed  this  twenty  in  res  with  wheat, 
taking  particular  care  to  leave  the  surface  sufti- 
cicntly  smooth  for  mowing.  Tlie  wheat  was 
sown  after  the  ground  had  been  well  plowed 
wilb  a  largo  two  horse  plow  and  hammed  twice 
with  an  ii'oii  hanovv,  heaving  the  ground  in  ex- 
ceUont  order. 
In  March,  1872,  I  sc.v.id  iiiioii  a  light  snow  a 
gallon  of  clover  seed  jifi  acre.  In  April  of  thr* 
same  year  I  applied  one  thousand  pounds  cf  land 
plash'r.  The  seeds  and  plaster  cost  twenty-two 
dollars  and  fifty  cents,  or  a  little  over  one  dolhir 
per  acre.  The  crop  (‘f  vvlieiil  yjelili  d  a  little  loss 
than  ten  bushels  per  ame.  After  the  wheat  had 
been  taken  off,  the  clover  all'orded  a  fine  pastm-e 
for  many  months.  In  1873  tlie  field  was  mowed, 
and  jirodiiced,  as  n(‘ar  as  1  could  estimate,  forty 
toiLs  of  hay.  1  sold  Iwenly-fivi-toiw  at  $fl2  per 
ton,  tli«  purchaser  doing  tlie  labor  of  loading. 
The  second  crop  of  the  same  yeai‘  pnaluced 
several  bushels  of  seed,  ViCsides  a  splendid  pas- 
tmage  for  the  remaliuU'r  of  the  y<-ar.  lii  1871 
the  field  was  jiastured  heavily,  and  the  simirm  r 
Vieing  hot  and  dry  I  thought  the  clover  waskillr-d 
out.  In  Octolx  r  of  that  year  the  field  was  close¬ 
ly  jilowtHl,  sowed  with  wheat  and  the  land  well 
harrowed.  Every  one  knows  that  money  was 
very  scarce  in  tho  sjiring  of  1875,  and  thuddng 
my  clover  killed  out  1  was  very  much  troubled 
about  getting  clovci  seed.  Upon  cxaniiiiatioii  I 
found  the  clover  coming  up  quite  thick  enough 
for  a  good  stand.  I  applied  laud  plnstnr  the 
same  as  b4!fore,  about  one,  thousand  iH)und.4  to 
the  twenty  acres. 
The  wheat  crop  in  1875  yielded  over  twenty 
bushels  to  the  acre  all  over  the  field.  Foim  acres 
were  meaaurcd  off  and  tlie  yield  accnratdy  meas¬ 
ured,  producing  one  hundred  bushels.  The  same 
four  acre.s  weic  in  cotton  in  1870,  and  the  wheat 
sown  in  1871  yielded  scant  ton  bushels ;  showing 
an  increase  of  fifteen  Inishels  ix-r  acre  in  favor  of 
clover  cultivation.  After  the  wheat  was  talicn 
off  in  1875,  1  cut  from  tho  same  field  a  ton  of 
clovi'.r  hay  per  acre,  and  nil  who  sec  it  say  it  is 
excellent  bay.  After  the  Imy  crop  was  taken  off 
it  all'orded  a  good  pasture  until  Christmas,  and 
now  shows  an  excellent  stand. 
My  outlay  for  seed  and  pla.ster  has  been  less 
than  forty  dollars,  and  if  nothing  nncommoii 
occurs  in  the  st^ason  J  do  not  exjiect  to  sow  any 
clover  seed  on  that  field  for  a  number  of  years, 
and  oxiiect  the  land  to  be!Come  richer  every  year. 
I  want  to  make  a  few  figures  to  sliow  what 
that  field  has  produced  since  I  prepared  it  for 
clover : 
Wlieat  (a-op  in  iwa,  iwo  busbtqs,  at  $1.60  per  bush. .  $S(>0 
Forty  tons  ol  i-lovix  liay  in  ltf73,  at  $12  nor  ton. ...  4sii 
(v'lovrr  seetl  in  ISSif?  .  20 
Pasturage  in  1873. . .  75 
PsaturttKo  111  1874 .  126 
Wheat.  4U0  bushels  in  1875,  at  $1  per  bush .  400 
Ten  tons  ol  hay  in  1875 . loo 
Pasttiraga  in  1R75. .  50 
Total . $1,600 
I  have  said  nothing  about  cxpcu.se8,  which  arc 
not  as  much  as  would  have  been  had  it  been  cul¬ 
tivated  in  any  other  crops  ;  besides  the  land  is 
vei7  greatly  improved  in  fertility. 
I  wish  8ome  cotton  advocate  to  make  as  good  a 
showing  for  the  past  four  years  if  it  can  be  done. 
No  manure  has  been  applied  to  this  field. 
NEVADA  SPRING  RYE 
I  SENTJ  yon  inclosed  a  sample  of  wlmt  is  said  to 
be,  by  the  man  liu  ving  it  for  sale,  Hjiriug  Rye,  aud 
that  it  was  first  found  growing  wild  on  the  Unui- 
bold  River,  in  the  Htalc  of  Nevada.  It  is  claimed 
J'  ,  to  bi!  sui«-i-lt>r  for  floiu‘ 
'vill  other  rye.  and 
Bill  yii  ld  75  hllsliels  to 
//II  ,  the  acr 
(price 
for  such  is  almit  iyl  per 
hctfpi-  jRisti-d  as  to  its 
value  for  market  before 
investing  any  money  in 
it.  and  would  like  to  have 
your  opinion  on  the  sub- 
A  yuANTiTY  of  this 
identical  grain  was  sent 
to  till'  1 ’armors’ t'lub  of 
under  t  he  name  of  Mon¬ 
tana  Rye.  It  was  no¬ 
ticed  in  llie  lU  uAL,  Dec. 
18, 18Ci),  accompanied  by 
an  illnstiation  of  a  full- 
grv.wn  bead  and  a  spert- 
mori  of  Ibc  giain.  botli 
natural  size,  wliich  we 
give  on  this  page.  Soon 
aftci-word  a  jiarty  in  N. 
Y.  Uity  offered  the  so- 
called  Montana  Rye  for 
sale  at  SilO  per  imund. 
The  Agricnltural  Be- 
jiartnicnt  at  Wasliing- 
ton  also  procured  a 
quantity  of  this  grain 
and  distributed  it  over 
enred  a  vial  full  of  the 
“Montana  Rye”  distii- 
hnted  as  above  notivl, 
and  consequently  bad  no 
ditticulty  in  identifying 
your  sfuuples,  even  un¬ 
der  a  new  name.  Tliis 
giaiii  has  been  pretty 
thoroughly  tested  in  the 
Eastern  States,  and  is 
not  considered  of  any 
value,  being  both  unpro¬ 
ductive  and  poor  in 
quality.  We  have  been 
exjxicting  tliat  it  would 
soon  turn  up  again,  for 
MONTANA  SPRING,  RYE.  sneii  things  usually 
come  around  about  every  half-dozen  years,  no 
matter  how  worthless  they  prove  to  be.  Of 
course  tlie  story  in  regard  to  this  grain  having 
been  (list  found  growfing  wild  on  the  Himiboldt 
River  in  Nevada  is  a  tiumped-up  falsehood,  to  be 
iibinI  ill  making  some  persons  believe  that  it  is  a 
new  variety  of  rye  of  American  origin.  But  tlic 
facts  of  the  case  are  that  this  grain  is  not  rye  at 
all.  hilt  an  old  variety  of  what  is  called  in  Europe 
“Tnrpid-eared  'Wlieal  (THtinm  turgidum). 
It  i.s  a  very  largts  coarse  kind  of  wheat, 
making  only  a  poor  quality  of  flour.  Bnt  in  cool 
climates,  where  the  more  delicate  and  soft- 
grained  varieties  of  spring  wheat  fail,  this  may 
prove  of  considerable  value.  The  grains  and 
heads  are  much  larger  than  our  common  soits  of 
spring  wheat,  and  wherever  it  thrives  it  yields 
more  per  acre ;  but  the  75  bushels  claimed  is 
NEW  VARIETIES  OF  POTATOES, 
Thk  Editor  of  the  Mussachusettfl  Ploughman 
describes  some  new  varieties  of  potatoes.  Omit¬ 
ting  the  Browneirs  Bc-anty,  as  it  ia  better  known 
than  the  others,  we  copy  the  description  of  Essex 
Seedling  and  Gillis’  Prolific,  varieties  with  which 
we  have  had  no  experience.  It  may  be  added 
that  the  Brownell’s  Beauty  in  1874  rotted  so 
badly  as  hardly  to  be  worth  gathering.  The  Es¬ 
sex  Seedling  were  planted  in  1874  with  Uie  Early 
Rose,  and  looked  so  much  hke  them  that  at  har¬ 
vest  tho  two  varieties  wore  not  distiiiguishablo. 
The  Editor  coiitiniu  s : 
“Last  spring  we  tried  the  Essex  again  from 
seed  n!ceiv(!d  through  the  same  party,  and  took 
eare  to  know  for  a  certainty  just  where  to  look 
for  tJieui  at  digging  time,  and  so  well  did  they 
yield  that,  if  we  could  have  full  confidence  in 
ony  jMitato  fixuii  only  oiu-  year’s  trial,  we  should 
plant  nothing  else  next  year.  They  look,  for  all 
that  we  can  discover,  exactly  like  the  Early  Rose 
ill  every  reHp(!ct,  only  that  they  yielded  a  gieat 
deal  hett«»r  and  the  tubers  were  lai-ger,  smoother 
and  more  tmifonn.  The  color  and  shape  of  the 
two  kinds  arc  as  nearly  alike  as  could  well  bo 
imagined.  All  visitors  who  have  seen  the  tubers 
want  a  few  to  ti'y,  and  our  half-banel  will  all  bo 
planted  next  spring,  and,  if  they  do  as  well  an¬ 
other  season  as  they  have  the  past,  wo  shall  bo 
forc(^  to  admit  that  the  Early  Rose,  which  has 
been  the  most  valuable  acquisition  to  the  farmer 
we  have  ever  known  in  this  direction,  has  a  rival 
with  wliich  it  will  be  hard  to  compete  for  tho 
jiublic  favor.  The  quality  for  the  table  is  not 
enough  unlike  the  Early  Rose  to  requli-e  special 
notiee. 
“Gillis’  Prolific  is  tho  name  of  a  new  late 
white  potato  froni  N.  F.  Safford  &  Hon,  Mt.  Baf- 
ford  Stock  and  Seed  FaiTU.  Balem,  Washington 
Co.,  N.  Y.  A  single  potato  of  thus  variety  was 
received  in  a  wrapper  tliat  was  in  such  bad  con¬ 
dition,  owing  to  rungb  usage  in  the  mail  bags  or 
elsewhere,  that  we  should  never  have  known  to 
whom  we  were  indebted  but  for  a  note  recently 
received  from  tho  sender.  The  one  jxitato  was 
cut  to  single  eyes  and  produced  over  a  peck  of 
good  eating  potatoes,  and  with  only  ordinniy 
lield  culture.  It  is  a  good  table  2)otato,  but  as  a 
market  variety  would  fail  to  suit  many  who 
fancy  tliat  a  potato,  to  bo  good,  should  have  a 
colored  skin.  The  public  demand  >arie8  about 
thi.s  fancy  of  color  in  difftrent  markets,  and 
neither  a  wliite  nor  a  red  potato  should  be  cou- 
deiiuied  in  (nlo  because  of  its  color.  Pi'sctically, 
that  potato  is  most  desirable  which  will  yield  the 
greatest  quantity  of  smooth,  fair-sizw,  good 
table  potatoes  under  fair  culture. 
ACJLANIA  MALVAVISCUa-PLUMBAGO  CA 
PENSIS. 
We  advise  those  of  our  readers  who  have 
never  seoo  Aphonia  malvaviscua  to  procure  it. 
As  a  plant  for  a  sitting-room,  growing  thriftily, 
needing  little  care,  blooming  incessantly,  stand¬ 
ing  dry  heat  aud  dust,  there  are  few'  more  satis¬ 
factory.  We  remember  a  specinicu  of  tliis  plant 
that  fills  the  whole  of  a  store  window  in  Jackson, 
ilioh,,  not  Ici.s  than  5  feet  wide  and  10  feet  high. 
Wc  had  occasion  to  visit  that  city  once  or  twice 
a  year  for  several  years.  We  never  saw  it  out  of 
bloom. 
The  flowers  are  a  bright  rod,  hearing  a  general 
resemblance  to  single  FucksidSf  an  inch  or  more 
long,  tubul.ir,  with  the  petals  more  twisted  or 
contorted  than  in  most  Malvaceous  plants,  and  a 
column  twice  as  long  as  tlie  (wrolla.  The  leaves 
resemble  tho  Sugar  Maple,  hut  are  softly  pubes¬ 
cent.  Its  growtli  is  so  ropid  that  small  plants  in 
the  silling  will  extend  over  a  space  four  feet  in 
diameter  by  fall,  tho  branches  bending  over  to 
the  ground  from  their  owu  weight  and  tliat  of 
their  ample  foUago.  In  tho  conservatory  they 
may  be  trained  so  as  to  cover  wood-work  as 
rc-idily  as  a  vino  and  there  retained,  if  so  de¬ 
sired,  during  tho  entire  yeai-  j  or  they  may  be  cut 
down  every  spring  and  planted  in  the  open 
I  ground,  where,  with  AbuHlons,  Felargonhims. 
the  double  Hollyhocks,  etc.,  they  are  quite  in 
keeping. 
I  This  plant  is  old  but,  wherever  we  have  vis¬ 
ited,  rare.  We  have  seldom  met  with  it  either 
In  florists*  or  private  collections,  though  always 
admii  ed  wherever  it  exists.  It  is  raised  freely 
from  cutUngfl  or  seed. 
Flumbago  capetm.o,  another  old  plant  that 
we  rarely  meet,  growing  beside  the  Achania, 
and,  In  common  with  it,  covering  pillars  or  walls, 
contrasting  its  lavender  blossoms  with  Achania’s, 
more  numerous,  though  less  clustered,  brilliant- 
I  od  flowers,  would  prove,  wo  fancy,  highly  pleas¬ 
ing- 
The  stems  of  P.  caprneis  are  rather  thick  and 
lined  with  fine  grooves.  The  true  leaf  is  sessile, 
two  or  three  inches  long,  broadly  lanceolate,  ta¬ 
pering  toward  tho  stem  morn  than  toward  the 
apex,  smooth  and  undivided.  The  calyx  tube  is 
half  an  Inch  long  and  provided  with  glandulous 
halra,  something  like  the  stem  of  a  Moss  Bose. 
The  slender  tube  of  the  corolla  Is  not  thicker 
’WHITE  CLOVER 
In  the  United  Btates  this  flue,  nntritioua  grass 
is  not  valued  as  it  should  ho.  All  tho  best  pas- 
tm-es  in  England  and  also  the  best  meadows  aud 
upland  mowings  of  old  grass  land,  have  more  or 
less  of  it,  for  it  makes  a  thick  bottom  aud  adds 
to  pasture  or  to  the  hay,  and  is  decidedly  good 
