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rain may fall into my corolla and wash away the 
pollen if I do not cover it up. 
“ Another curious plant of our family, and a much 
more useful one, is the Saint-foin. It will grow 
where nothing else will, even in very dry and chalky 
soil, because its long roots penetrate very deeply 
into the earth where there is always moisture. 
The roots of Saint-foin will sometimes strike down 
twenty feet into a quarry of stone. Sheep and cows 
love to eat its leaves. I am glad I am not an Ono- 
brychis, as the botanists call these poor cousins of 
mine, to be penned into fields on purpose to be 
eaten with grass and clover.” 
A pretty little sweet-smelling Trefoil that grew 
at the foot of the tall Hedysarum, seemed rather 
hurt that the society of clovers should not be thought 
respectable. She said many people gathered her 
flowers from love of their fragrance, and children 
