. Agriculture [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. f I <u I HI' 51; â :B c ommon per Leguminous Family {Le, I. Co 0- <:uniinos(C) mon red clover. White or Dutch clover, Alsikeor Swedish clover, Crimson or scarlet clove Coninioii string bean, Lima bean. Horse or Windsor bean, Common \etch or tare, Mammoth red clover, Common lentil, Lucerne or alfalfa, iAij)ines, IV'anut or ground nut. I'Vom this list of plants we see tliat the family is large and imp(jrtant. \\\ addition there are many weeds belonging to this same family. To s[)eak of clovers as being glasses is bot- anic
. Agriculture [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. f I <u I HI' 51; â :B c ommon per Leguminous Family {Le, I. Co 0- <:uniinos(C) mon red clover. White or Dutch clover, Alsikeor Swedish clover, Crimson or scarlet clove Coninioii string bean, Lima bean. Horse or Windsor bean, Common \etch or tare, Mammoth red clover, Common lentil, Lucerne or alfalfa, iAij)ines, IV'anut or ground nut. I'Vom this list of plants we see tliat the family is large and imp(jrtant. \\\ addition there are many weeds belonging to this same family. To s[)eak of clovers as being glasses is bot- anical ly incorrect, since in form or shape and in mode of growth they are entirely different. The most notice- able difference is in the shape of l)lossoms. The lea\es also are different in shape ainl in arKuigement. Contrast a plant of clo\er with a plant of timothy (jr wheat. The stalks also are different, and the roots are (juite different. Full ii[) a large rcilcloxer or pea plant, and also a wlu'at plant, and contrast their roots. Which is the more fibrous and matl^'d? The clo\ers st_iid their roots deeper into the soil. Obserxi", also, the little knots, or balls, or tubercles on the clowr roots. These tubercles play a wry part in tlu' nourishment of the legimiinous plants. The\- are lilled with inaii\ little li\ing parasiti's, souuthing like \easl celK, that grow and Kh(1 upon the free' iiitiogeii of the ail", from it forming compouiuls that lieip to nourish the [)lanls. Now we have ahead)' mentioned. \ in. 95 âRout of !i tesiiiiuc showing knots or lioilulcs or luburclcj. II!. 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 James, C. C. (Charles Canniff), 1863-1916. Toronto : G. N. Morang
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