. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1852 TKIFOLIUM TBILISA Clover of fields and waste places. The T. odorahim of some seedsmen is evidently Melilotus. Allied genera are Lespedeza, Medicago and Melilotus. A. Flowers in a long . incam^tum, Linn. Ceimson or Scarlet Clover. Fig. 499, Vol. I. Annual, erect, 1-3 ft. high, soft-hairy: Ivs. long-stalked,
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1852 TKIFOLIUM TBILISA Clover of fields and waste places. The T. odorahim of some seedsmen is evidently Melilotus. Allied genera are Lespedeza, Medicago and Melilotus. A. Flowers in a long . incam^tum, Linn. Ceimson or Scarlet Clover. Fig. 499, Vol. I. Annual, erect, 1-3 ft. high, soft-hairy: Ivs. long-stalked, the Ifts. broadly obovate and denticu- late and sessile or nearly so by a cuneate base, the stipules large and thin and veiny and somewhat toothed: heads becoming 2-3 in. long, very dense: fls. sessile, bright crimson and showy, the calyx sharp-toothed and. 2570. Trifolium repens—the White Clover (X3^). hairy. S. Eu. 328.—An escape in some places. Now much used as a cover-crop in orchards. See Cover Crops. It is very showy when in bloom. If seeds are sown at midsummer or later, the plants may be expected to survive the winter and bloom early in spring. rdbens, Linn. Perennial, 20 in. or less tall, in clumps, the stems erect: Ivs. short-stalked, the Ifts. oblong- lanceolate and strongly denticulate, the stipules long- lanceolate: heads usually in pairs, becoming 3-4 in. long: fls. purplish red, showy.— Bu. Attractive orna- mental species. The heads become silky after flower- ing. There is a white-fld. form. AA. Flowers in glohular or ovate heads, E. Corolla yellow. filifdrme, Linn. Yellow Suckling Clover. Annual, of diifuse growth: Ifts. obovate or obcordate, somewhat denticulate, the terminal one stalked, the stipules broadly ovate: peduncles long and filiform, bearing ses- sile yellow fls. in umbel-like heads, the calyx-lobes un- equal. Eu. —Sometimes used for forage or grazing. BE. Corolla wliite or ochroleucous {yelloivish wldte). Alexandrinum, Linn. Egyptian C
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