Dealers,  may  prove  practically  valuable.  This  assortment  of  grasses,
&c.,  is  recommended  as  forming  peculiarly  excellent  pasture.  It  were
well  if  our  American  grains  and  grasses  were  tabulated  in  tbe  same  way.
The  number  of  seeds  in  an  ounce  are  found  by  counting  the  number
in  a  grain  weight.  The  prices  are  given  in  English  sterling,  5  shillings
being  rather  more  than  one  dollar — one  penny  to  two  cents.
Scientific  names.
Price  of  seed  in
London,
per  bus.  |  per  Ib.
Average
weight,
per  bush

Average  number
of  seeds  in  one
ounce.
Loliumitalicam,
Dactylis  glomerata,
Trifolium  pretense,
Trifolium  pratense  perenne,    -
Alopeeurus  pratensis,
Festuca  pratensis,     -

s.  d.
6.0
4.0

5.0
6.0
6.0

5.6

s.  d.
0.6

0.6
0.7
0.8
0.6
0.6
1.6
6.0
2.9
0.3
0.6

Ibs.
15

H>2

64
64
5K
13  ~

9%

f

29J4
24
65

27,000
40,000
16,000
16,000
76,000
26,000
39,000
133,000
28.000
200,000
14,850
32,000

Poa  nemoralis  sempervirens,   -
Lotus  corniculatus,
AchilleaMillefolium,  •
Lolium  perenne,
Trifolium  repens,

CHAPTER  XIV.
CLOVER  (Trifolium,)  AND  OTHER
FORAGE  PLANTS.
407.  Next  to  the  Grasses,  the  Clovers  are  the  most  valuable
as  fodder  plants.  They  belong  to  an  entirely  different  botani
cal  family,  that  of  the  Leguminosce,  or  Pulse  Family,  and  are
known  by  the  generic  name  Trifolium  from  tree,  and  foli
um,  a  leaf.  Thence  they  are  frequently  called  in  English  Tre
foils;  the  leaves  mostly  presenting  three  lobes.  Eight  distinct
species  are  found  in  the  North  United  States ;  others  again  in
the  Southern  States  and  California;  and  others  in  Europe.
More  than  160  species  in  all  are  enumerated  by  botanists.
