. Catalogue 1892 : tested seeds. Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs. WHITE CLOVER. WHITE. (White Dutch, Perennial White, White Sucklin Trifolium Repens.) Low, with creeping stems. It is the best of the Clovers for permanent pasturage, but prefers moist land. Mixed with Blue Grass or Perennial Ray Grass, or Taller Oat Grass, it makes a permanent pasture of great grazing value. Stems fine and palatable, bearing numerous leaves of bright green color blotched with white. Sow 6 pounds per acre when used alone, o
. Catalogue 1892 : tested seeds. Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs. WHITE CLOVER. WHITE. (White Dutch, Perennial White, White Sucklin Trifolium Repens.) Low, with creeping stems. It is the best of the Clovers for permanent pasturage, but prefers moist land. Mixed with Blue Grass or Perennial Ray Grass, or Taller Oat Grass, it makes a permanent pasture of great grazing value. Stems fine and palatable, bearing numerous leaves of bright green color blotched with white. Sow 6 pounds per acre when used alone, or 3 pounds with Grass seeds; 60 pounds to the bushel. Lb., 25c, not pre paid; pk., ^.00; bu., $ BUR. (California Bur Cloyer, Yellow Alfalfa, Spotted Medick, Yellow Clover, Medicago Maculata.) An excellent fodder plant for the South, not being effected by drought or Southern -viinters. 8 pounds per bushel. A bushel of the burs should be sowm per acre in the fall. Lb., ALFALFA CLOVER. ALFALFA, or LUCERNE. (Medicago Sativa.) Flour ishes in the South and Southwest, and has succeeded ad- mirably in many localities of the North. It becomes per- manent when once established; moreover, being of rapid growth and unaffected by drought, it is possible to harvest fi'om three to four crops per yeai\ Makes excellent hay but is best for feeding green. Is much relished by sheep and cattle, causing milch cows to yield large quantities of rich milk; will not endure grazing under the usual condi- tions, however. Thrives best on light, dry. soil. Sow in fall, if broadcast, 20 to 25 pounds per acre; if in drills, 8 pounds per acre. Thick sowing produces the finest hay: 60 pounds to the bushel. Lb., 20c, not prepaid; bu., $ SAINFOIN. (Hedysarsum Onobrychis.) A native of Europe; much liked as a pasture grass in England, France Germany, etc. Should, succeed on the lime soils of the middle belt and of the South. The stems are 2 to 4 feet long, rather straggling in habit. The blossom-he
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