. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. DICOTYLEDONS: ARCllICIILAMYDE^ 293 genus {Trifolium) containing many species. The most im- portant one to the farmer is the common red clover, afford- ing valuable pasturage and clover hay, and also improving the soil (§77). The smaller white clover is also a very fa- miliar plant associ- ated with grasses in lawns, pastures, etc.; and its flow- ers are especially attractive to bees. Alfalfa (lucerne) is another important forage plant related to the clovers, and is especially valua- ble in the \^'est where irrigation is employed. It is a n
. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. DICOTYLEDONS: ARCllICIILAMYDE^ 293 genus {Trifolium) containing many species. The most im- portant one to the farmer is the common red clover, afford- ing valuable pasturage and clover hay, and also improving the soil (§77). The smaller white clover is also a very fa- miliar plant associ- ated with grasses in lawns, pastures, etc.; and its flow- ers are especially attractive to bees. Alfalfa (lucerne) is another important forage plant related to the clovers, and is especially valua- ble in the \^'est where irrigation is employed. It is a native of western Asia, has long been cultivated in Eu- rope, and was in- troduced into Cali- fornia about the middle of the last century. Since then it has become the most extensively grown forage plant in the arid regions of the Pacific and Rocky Mountain States. Besides the forage plants, the seeds of certain others are very familiar as food. The cultivated peas are natives of southern Europe and Asia, and have been cultivated for many centuries. They are distinguished as garden peas and field peas, the latter being rather a forage plant. The two. Fig. 284.—A sensitive plant, showing the inconspicu- ous flowers with numerous stamens, and the sensi- tive pinnately compound leaves.—After Meter and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928. New York, D. Appleton
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