
Description of Legumes 
Schrankia uncinata (Willd) (CATCLAW 
SENSITIVEBRIER)—A branched decumbent 
herbaceous perennial 2 to 4 feet long armed 
with hooked prickles. It has sensitive bipin- 
nate leaves and pink flowers in dense heads. | 
It is also called shame-vine and sensitive- 
of rose and is found in dry soil from Virginia 
to South Dakota, Florida, and Texas. 
Sesbania exaltata (Raf) Cory (HEMP 
B SESBANIA)—A widely branching herbaceous 
ermu ee or somewhat shrubby annual 4 to 12 feet 
tall, with pinnate leaves and yellowish, pur- 

ple-spotted flowers. It is also known as dan- 
rass glepod, pea-tree, indigo, Colorado River 
hemp, sesbania, and long-podded sesban. It age 
occurs in moist soils throughout warmer ARTE 
= parts of the Coastal Plain. The woody stems 
Melilotus with dangling pods persist throughout the 
winter. 
a Soja max (L) Piper (Soypean)—The 
Indica soybean is an annual bushy plant 2 to 6 feet 
high, with white or purplish flowers, native 
of southeastern Asia. It is grown as a sum- 
mer annual and is also called soya bean, 
Sesbania soja bean, Manchurian bean, and, in the 
South, stock pea. It was introduced into 
the United States about 1800. More than 
100 named varieties are now grown in this tor the 
country. 
Sophora secundiflora ( Orieg a) Lag 
( MESCALBEAN )—An evergreen shrub of Texas 
and New Mexico with thick pinnate leaves 
and large spikes of blue flowers. It occurs 
in rocky, frequently limestone areas usually 0 eSd e Id Pe 
out of reach of cattle and sheep, to which 
it is considered poisonous. However, it is 
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Spartium junceum / (WEAVERS-BROOM) 
A handsome shrub with slender, rushlike ' mal 
green branches, sparse foliage of small sim- 
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terminal racemes. Native to the Mediter- 
The Largest Seed House in the World ranean region, it grows in almost any well- 
drained, sandy, ky si ion. 
eee "Strophostyles hetvota(L) Britt (Taxcce || MOUNT VERNON, WASHINGTON 
BRAWLEY CALIFORNIA MEALYBEAN)—An annual herbaceous vine 
with trifoliolate leaves and purplish flowers. 
It is also called volunteer bean and trailing 
wild bean and occurs in sandy soils through- 
out the Eastern States. Although it does not 
always fruit heavily and will not withstand 
competition with native species when planted 
GRIP-LOCK along eroding field borders, when cultivated 
its growth is so promising that it is being 
tried as a potential green-manure crop in SWEET CLOVER 
Pat. 1847552 the Southeast. 
TAMPER Strophostyles leiosperma (LITTLEFLOWER | || BROMUS 











MEALYBEAN )—A trailing herbaceous annual, 
ee trifoliolate leaves and purplish flowers. 
t is also called small wild bean and occurs | 
along streams throughout the Central States CRESTED WHEAT GRASS 
from South Dakota to Texas. 
C Stylosanthes biflora (LL) BSP (Twin 
BAG SEAL PENCILFLOWER)—A low wiry-stemmed her- NORTHERN ALFALFA 
~ et baceous perennial with trifoliolate leaves 
x and yellow flowers. It is much like common 
The GRIP-LOCK is the very latest lespedeza in habit, and occurs in dry, sandy SEED OATS 
: woodlands throughout the Eastern States. 
development in BAG SEALS and PeGhresiniteaiend oli Lor. end SEED FLAX 
is ideal for Seedmen's use. Gray (BROWNHAIR TEPHROSIA) —A_ strag- 


A ji gling much-branched slender herbaceous per- 
It prevents substitution and ennial with pinnate leaves and red-purple SEED POTATOES 
3 0 flowers. It occurs in dry sandy soils of the 
adulteration. After being once Coastal Plain from Virginia to Florida and SEED WHEAT 
locked this seal destroys itself on Louisiana. cx ee z 
Tephrosia virginiana (VIRGINIA TEPHRO- 
relocking. s14)—An erect or ascending shrublike per- 
: A ennial 1 to 2 feet tall with pinnate leaves 
It is also simple and easy to use and yellowish purple flowers. It is also 


known as catgut, devil’s shoestring, and wild 
swectpea. 
—SAMPLES ON REQUEST— Thermopsis—A genus of some 15 to 20 ENQUIRE OF 
species of perennial herbs native to North 
a ogee OR Ee a America and northern and eastern Asia. A 
ee — te? dozen species have been described from the 
United States. They are frequently called 
goldenpeas and occur, for the most part, in 
the Southern Appalachians and _ Rockies. 
2 aa ers i ar aa , They are deep-rooted plants that spread by 
All Sizes of LEAD and WIRE seals underground rootstocks. This habit, com- INTERSTATE 
f ice rac te RAGS bined with high drought resistance, makes 
or attac Ing ie) them of potential erosion-control usefulness. 
Also PRESSES for LEAD SEALS They are of practically no value as forage. SEED & GRAIN CO. 
Some species contain a poisonous alkaloid, 
as no tool is needed. 
Be 





SAMPLES ON REQUEST but no livestock losses have been authenti- 
E J BROOKS co cated. Thermopsis montana Nutt., of the FARGO, N. D. 
S S s Rocky Mountains, known as mountain ther- 
184 North 13th St., Newark, N. J. mopsis or mountain goldenpea, is typical of 
the genus. | 
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