RED CLOVER 167 
was a wrong statement to make. We have seen 
two butterflies to-day that have endured a rigorous 
winter. 
The Small Tortoiseshell took our attention from 
the Buttercups. The Creeping Crowfoot has a 
lowly growth, but it is a very prolific and troublesome 
weed. It sends out runners which root and form 
new plants at their joints. The Scottish farmers 
call it “‘ Creeping Crawtaes ” and pronounce male- 
dictions upon its sinful heads. The Bulbous Crow- 
foot has a bulbous root, and an upright growth 
to the extent of about a foot. The Upright Meadow 
Crowfoot has an erect stem, which sometimes 
reaches upwards of three feet in height. Don’t 
confuse the last two Buttercups as some folk are 
apt to do. There is one point which will settle any 
difficulty you have in distinguishing them. The 
Meadow Crowfoot has round, hairy leaf-stalks, 
whereas those of the Bulbous Crowfoot are hairy 
and furrowed. 
I see a few specimens of the Mouse-ear Hawk- 
weed (see p. 138), and a patch of Red Clover 
(Trifolium pratense), about which some bees are 
humming. They are after the honey, with which 
Clover abounds. Clover belongs to the Pea and 
Bean tribe, the Natural Order Leguminose. Look 
at this head I have just picked. It is composed of 
a crowd of little flowers; those from a little 
below the middle to the top are pointing upwards 
and looking fresh, while those round the base of 
the head are hanging downwards and becoming 
discoloured. The fact is, those that are hanging 
have been fertilized by the bees, whilst those that 
