. Illustrated and descriptive seed catalogue and price list : 1898. Nursery stock, California, San Francisco, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs. AND PRICE LIST. 61 ALSIKE, or SWEDISH CLOVER— Trifolium hybridum.—K compara- tively new and perfectly hardy variety, which is rapidly growing in popular favor. It yields large crops of excellent hay, and, under favorable conditions, may be cut several times during the season. It is also valuable for bees. It is well calculated to resist both drought and excessive moisture. It is peren- nial,
. Illustrated and descriptive seed catalogue and price list : 1898. Nursery stock, California, San Francisco, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs. AND PRICE LIST. 61 ALSIKE, or SWEDISH CLOVER— Trifolium hybridum.—K compara- tively new and perfectly hardy variety, which is rapidly growing in popular favor. It yields large crops of excellent hay, and, under favorable conditions, may be cut several times during the season. It is also valuable for bees. It is well calculated to resist both drought and excessive moisture. It is peren- nial, and produces a mass of long, fibrous roots, which hold the soil, making it useful for permanent pasture on hill-sides which are liable to wash. When used alone, sow from six to eight pounds per acre. ESPERSETTE CLOVER, or SAINFOIN—Onobrychis Sativa.—h. hardy variety, the flower stalks of which grow from two and one-half to three feet high. It is perennial, and yields a heavy crop, having some of the character- istics of Alfalfa, and possessing about the same nutritive value. Its roots pene- trate to a great depth, enabling it to endure considerable heat and drought. It is not injuriously affected by severe frosts. It is excellent for pasturage, remaining green till late in fall, and makes a rapid growth early in spring, afford- ing late and early pasture, a very desirable feature. It yields a large crop of superior hay, which is easily cured, and highly relished by stock. The seeds are large, and to secure a fine growth it should be sown thick. Forty to fifty pounds to the acre is not too much. JAPAN CLOVER—Lespedeza Striata.—Grows about a foot high; cannot be recommended except for southern localities, where it will thrive on poor soil, and in dry seasons. Perennial. TIMOTHY—Phleum pratense-—Timothy is in- digenous in North America, and takes its name from Timothy Hanson, who first introduced it into England. It is nutritious, and relished by ail herbivorous an
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