| 单词 | white clover |
| 例句 | In such places my spirit lifted to the sight of the drifts of white clover or the clouds of purple vetch with here and there the flaming cup of a wood lily. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She picked bouquets of white clover in the lots believing they were the most beautiful flowers God ever made. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In Canada, a pasture mix of yarrow, white clover and Rocky Mountain fescue experienced less intense and slower-moving fires than those that burned through nearby grasslands. Fire-smart farming: How the crops we plant could help reduce the risk of wildfires 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Researchers elsewhere have looked at various options for replacing the lawn, including wildflower meadows and prairie-style communities dominated by larger grasses, as well as ground covers such as nonnative white clover and low-mow fescue mixes. For less environmental damage and more biodiversity, turn to native plant lawns 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Often called bee-friendly, these mixes typically contain creeping thyme, yarrow and white clover. A healthy lawn begins with fall maintenance 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z The hardy white clover—the species predominantly used for clover lawns today—is a primary nectar source for pollinators. Why clover lawns are a good alternative to grass 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Instead, they are looking to genetically modify the ryegrass and white clover that the New Zealand animals predominantly eat. New Zealand targets cow burps to help reduce global warming 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z You can also mulch heavily and establish living ground cover using plants such as white clover, creeping thyme, creeping germander or bugleweed, which fill niches and retain moisture, Kiers says. Grass is a water hog. Here’s how to create a drought-tolerant yard. 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z This allowed plants typically identified as weeds — including violets, white clover and dandelions — to flower. In Wisconsin: Stowing Mowers, Pleasing Bees 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Urban plants are on the genetic move too—such as white clover, a perennial plant that thrives in human landscapes. Urban Evolution: How Species Adapt to Survive in Cities 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z According to a 2016 historic assessment of floral resources in the U.K. over several decades, one-third of all nectar provided to pollinators came from white clover. Why clover lawns are a good alternative to grass 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Habitat loss and competition from invasive plants such as bluegrass and white clover nearly doomed running buffalo clover, one of the few native clovers in the eastern U.S. Native clover species being dropped from endangered list 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z The bottle the team was looking for contains over a thousand seeds: 50 each of 21 different species, from black mustard to white clover to redroot amaranth. One of the World’s Oldest Science Experiments Comes Up From the Dirt 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z "There's nothing that really flowers within those pastures anymore, whereas in the 1950s, those pastures would have been full of white clover and other wildflowers as well." Honey detective work raises fears for bees 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z Watch the video: A global experiment involving hundreds of scientists in more than two dozen countries used white clover plants to study in detail an aspect of urban evolution. Urban Evolution: How Species Adapt to Survive in Cities 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Marc Johnson, professor of biology at the University of Toronto, Mississauga, has done white clover studies in urban and suburban areas all over the world. Why clover lawns are a good alternative to grass 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Their grave at Rosedale Cemetery has no headstone and is covered in white clover. They Shared a Bunk Bed Growing Up. Both Were Killed by the Police. 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z But in other places, white clover has become a plant that marvels. White Clover Can Be an Annoying Weed. It May Also Hold Secrets to Urban Evolution. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z They found that white clover - the favourite source of nectar for honeybees in 1952 - is still important now but used a lot less as the plant is becoming more scarce. Honey detective work raises fears for bees 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z In such places, my spirit lifted to the sight of the drifts of white clover or the clouds of purple vetch, with here and there the flaming cup of a wood lily. Silent Spring—I 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Just planting white clover doesn’t encourage anything close to the level of biodiversity that Kings College achieved, and that diversity is key to generating the most positive impacts on a local environment. Why clover lawns are a good alternative to grass 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z When a white clover plant and its bacteria die and decompose, nitrogen returns to the soil. Outgrowing the Traditional Grass Lawn 2013-07-29T15:15:03.733Z This study, Johnson said, shows that natural selection, where some species evolve and are better able to reproduce more than others, is the dominant evolutionary force for urban white clover. White Clover Can Be an Annoying Weed. It May Also Hold Secrets to Urban Evolution. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z In the 1950s, honeybees mainly gathered pollen and nectar from white clover. Honey detective work raises fears for bees 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z Even white clover, which rarely blossoms in other countries except in the spring or early summer, open its flowers widest and sends out its most fragrant perfume in an Irish autumn. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z And there is no philosophy that could not be improved by June butter, redolent of white clover, with a supplement of cream half an inch thick. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Hundreds and thousands of northern flocks receive, during the entire winter, nothing but ordinary hay, consisting mainly of Timothy, some red and white clover, and frequently a sprinkling of gum, or spear grass. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Honey from white clover has a greenish-white, and that from heather a rich golden-yellow hue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z In the red, the leaves being larger, the freaks are more conspicuous, but the cup forms seem more commonly identified with the white clover. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z Tiny rabbits, beholding for the first time what white clover can be, twitch their noses in content. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z Adrian then lifted off the whole top part of the little house, and Roger could see that it contained a number of the full caps, in this case there being only the white clover honey. The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z "Or if you grew red and white clover like mine," said the Field, "they would love you." The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z Dr W. Fream caused a botanical examination to be made of several of the most celebrated pastures of England, and, contrary to expectation, found that their chief constituents were ordinary perennial ryegrass and white clover. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Both the red and white clovers are perennial—that is, they come up year after year from the same root. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z Here the “wild morning-glory,” the tiny fields convolvulus, hides perilously in the mowing; white clover and yellow five-finger are spread; the grassflower holds up its single jewel. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z "Plenty of white clover, which sells better than buckwheat, though I don't like it so well as the dark honey." The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z And across the white clover, and the daisies, and the little purple orchids, came the feet of one who loved her. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z In the southern part of the country the children can pick the most beautiful bouquets of white clover, maiden-hair ferns, and bright-colored wild flowers. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z In front was a long piece of greensward, starred with white clover, and behind and in front, to where the pines and cypresses began ran strips of cornfield. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z The bees rose with a shrill buzz from the white clover, which is the shepherd’s sign of midsummer. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The window opened into a field of white clover, where some cows and lambs were pasturing drowsily, as I had seen them a hundred times; but now their very tranquillity grieved me. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z The land when reclaimed is singularly fertile, and free from stones, and proves its quality in the course of three or four years, by producing spontaneously a rich crop of white clover. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z From there up to the hill--I will tell you about the rest afterwards--you may sow Timothy, rye-grass, and white clover, with the barley. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z Dutch Clover, Trifolium repens, commonly called white clover, a valuable pasture plant. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z It goes to the top of the hill--I will tell you the particulars afterwards--be sure you sow Timothy, rye-grass and white clover with the barley. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. II (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:41.313Z It seemed strange that they would stand there so content, with the white clover dropping from their mouths, and I going away forever. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z But it is not so—'tis only white clover. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Rich acres of com by the wayside were interspersed with quiet hamlets, and with luxuriant meadows abounding in trefoil and a vast variety of red and white clover. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The white clover of Kentucky, known by the name of Buffalo clover, is also admirably adapted, upon the above principles, to this soil and climate. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z A display, “Flora of the Gowanus,” includes Queen Anne’s lace collected from an abandoned factory and white clover found in a vacant lot. It?s Polluted, but the Canal Is Home, and Inspiration 2010-03-04T02:54:00Z The other great forages—timothy, red clover, alfalfa, blue grass and white clover—can never become important in Florida. Florida: An Ideal Cattle State My herd has a range of only 15 acres, two-thirds of which are set to white clover, bluegrass, and orchard grass. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. For pasture this is less valuable than white clover. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 "Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers—gray heliotrope, And sweet white clover, and shy mignonette—Comes faintly in, and the silent chorus lends To the pervading symphony of peace." Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins Miss Lumpkins was a beautiful creature, her complexion of dark bronze contrasting finely with the grass green color of her dress; she wore a wreath made of wheat and white clover blossoms. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts In some sections, such legumes as red, alsike, crimson and white clovers have been grown for many years and the bacteria for these plants are well distributed. A Living from the Land A little white clover or sweet vernal grass or sheep’s fescue may be added, if you fancy them, but they will not improve the appearance of the lawn. Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 When compared with white clover, these seeds are larger and thicker. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 Sow red or white clover in a bearing orchard. The Apple The white clover, with its parasol-shaped little caps, shone gayly on the surface. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy The old farmers say that wood-ashes will bring in the white clover, and it will; the germs are in the soil wrapped in a profound slumber, but this stimulus tickles them until they awake. A Year in the Fields The blossoms yield to the honey-bee very large quantities of honey, much inferior to that made of white clover; it may be readily distinguished in the comb by its dark color and peculiar flavor. Soil Culture He spoke merrily, in full enjoyment of his first spoonful of honey—not the colorless, flavorless white clover variety, but the goldenrod honey, rich and full in color and flavor. Mrs. Tree I would advise cultivation for three years; seed bearing orchard to white clover. The Apple Crossing the fields in summer, he would gather a great bunch of dandelion blossoms, and red and white clover, to bring and scatter on the cots, as reminders of out-door air and sunshine. Whitman A Study "Five thousand of the sturdiest will sally forth to the lime-trees, while three thousand juniors go and refresh the white clover." Under the Maples The grove would afford a good place for fowls, while the blossoms would be nearly equal to white clover for honey. Soil Culture “This is some of our new white clover honey,” he said. The Eye of Dread White clover honey can only be made from white clover blossoms. A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 Yes, though after a few years blue-grass, on a true blue-grass soil, roots every other grass out and reigns with a divided empire with white clover. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside He taught them how to play baseball with white clover heads, and how to make a swing of braided grasses. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales In this part of America, the soil consists chiefly of a rich brown mould, in which white clover grows spontaneously. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe For the little white clover knew that its mistress had picked it herself. A Book Without A Title I think we'd better look under that cobweb spread like a tent over the white clovers. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. Thereafter if the soil is a true blue-grass one and the land is pastured, blue-grass and white clover dominate to the exclusion of everything else. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Before it was a strip of white clover, as green and fresh looking as if it were on the banks of Clover Creek in Ohio. Winning the Wilderness The white clover comes in naturally, where the ground has been cultivated, and thrown by, or along the sides of old roads and paths. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The little white clover smiled to itself and said nothing. A Book Without A Title It has also a very favourable action in promoting the growth of white clover. Manures and the principles of manuring She gathered the white clover blossoms in which Dorothy tied up her pats of sweet butter, picked berries in the garden, skimmed the milk, helped churn, and fed the chickens. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern Red top and Kentucky blue-grass in equal parts are best and, if white clover is desired, add about half as much white Dutch clover seed as red top. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Without moving my feet, I lay my hands on apples, Virginia creeper, asparagus, marigold, sweet sultan, oxalis, plantain, crab-grass, white clover, all growing securely in one place, and everyone like unto itself alone. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 Buy the very best from seedsmen of repute, or you will get a conglomeration of weeds instead of a green-sward of fine grasses and white clover. Last Words A Final Collection of Stories She had arranged a little speech to deliver at the proper moment, but, "By the sycamore passed he, and through the white clover;" then all the sweet speech she had fashioned took flight. Six Girls A Home Story Sometimes a mixture of cocksfoot, English rye-grass, and white clover is used, or the two grasses alone are planted. Australia, The Dairy Country Quick were her footsteps, Light as a snow-flake, Leaving no traces On the white clover. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Begin as soon as you can make them take it up in spring, and continue in accordance with the weather, till white clover blossoms, or swarms issue. Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained By managing white clover, according to Mr. Holbrook's plan, it might be made to blossom abundantly in the second crop, and thus lengthen out, to very great advantage, the pasture for the bees. Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual “I am off to discover What I can find fresh in the way of white clover; But since your window is cosy and shady, I will sit down half a minute, dear Lady.” On the Tree Top Tuck the sheet down round her neck, And cover the dimples over, Till she looks like a rose-bud peeping out From a bed of sweet white clover. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated I have met with instances of this kind in the common white clover, Trifolium repens, where on each side of the base of the petiole the stipules had the form just indicated. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants He plucked a white clover blossom and tossed it upward. Old Ebenezer Of all the various sources from which the bees derive their supplies, white clover is the most important. Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual Now the milking field was, and is always kept in grass, and necessarily receiving a good deal of manure, would usually be white from the growth of daisies and white clover. Notes and Queries, Number 34, June 22, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc One day, after a long morning’s journey, we had camped near a stream bordered by rich pastures of red and white clover. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins The color depends upon the flower from which it came, white clover giving a light-colored, pleasant-flavored honey, while that from buckwheat and goldenrod is dark and has a slightly rank taste. Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value For permanent pasture, in addition to those mentioned, there should be added white clover and either Kentucky or Canadian blue grass. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Perhaps no plant varies so little in this respect, as the white clover. Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual Few if any flowers come up after the scythe has gone over, except the white clover, which almost alone shows in the aftermath, or, as country people call it, the 'lattermath.' Round About a Great Estate I have always been grateful to a friend who sent me a beautiful blue blotting book, with a bunch of white clover charmingly painted on the first page. Girls and Women It was the same with the white clover or a grass-root. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 In the Middle States temporary meadows and pastures are generally made of timothy and red clover, while for permanent pastures white clover and blue grass thrive well. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Red-top, red clover and white clover seeds, sown together, produce a quality of hay universally relished by stock. Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual The latter furnish a continued source of food to other grasses, which grow along with white clover in permanent pastures. Clovers and How to Grow Them Buy the very best from seedsmen of repute, or you will get a conglomeration of weeds instead of a greensward of fine grasses and white clover. Mary's Meadow And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers The scent reminds one of the sweet honey smell of a white clover field during summer. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. Surely, love itself, the seeds of which lie dormant in every heart, love like a marvellous tide of white clover, was finding its chance at last, and would presently inundate her heart. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron The whole of the hot afternoon they spent on the grass, whose mottling of white clover filled the wandering airs with the odours of the honey of Hymettus. Alec Forbes of Howglen The prairie areas of the Northern Mississippi basin have an adaptation for growing white clover that may be termed intermediate, but where hardwood forests grow naturally on these the adaptation is high. Clovers and How to Grow Them But you look as calm as a field of white clover. Daisy in the Field The white clover flow was over and the bees were beginning to work upon the earliest blossoms of the dwarf sumac. The Hills of Hingham When a tract of land is thus captured, the first year that it is laid open to the ministry of sun and air and rain it bears an overflowing crop of white clover. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron The bees in spring come to the broad wayside sward by the great mound to the bright dandelions; presently to the white clover, and later to the heaths. Nature Near London When amply supplied with water, the finest crops of white clover can be grown even superior to those grown on the lands described above. Clovers and How to Grow Them Likewise there are but a few parcels whereon white clover does not grow spontaneously and in the greatest abundance. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia I see in his farm at Pontac, some plants of white clover, and a good deal of yellow: also some small peach trees in the open ground. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 As he talked to her he stood on the short white clover outside the door's decaying lintel. What Necessity Knows "Not red and white clovers; them little bitter kinds you know," added the child, with a wry face. Dotty Dimple Out West This is equivalent to saying that the more clay they contain, the better will the white clover grow in them. Clovers and How to Grow Them Native grasses are the white clover, spear grass, blue grass, fox-tail and crab grass, the two last-named being summer or annual grasses. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia Some plants of white clover, and some of yellow, on the banks of the canal near Capestan; santolina also, and a great deal of yellow iris. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 The red clover looked very beautiful, and the white clover was so fragrant, they longed to ramble in it. The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and other Stories Degeneracy appearing only in those which are not native: white clover never deteriorates in England, nor bull-dogs. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 To such an extent is white clover influenced in growth by such weather, that in some seasons it will abound in certain pastures, while in others it will scarcely appear in the same. Clovers and How to Grow Them It grows in every kind of soil, and is said even to drive out the white clover, which is usually so powerful in taking possession of the soil. Darwinism (1889) The pastures are blue grass and white clover; bees are humming and buzzing from flower to flower, and, to make the similitude complete, one hears the homely tinkle of cow-bells here and there. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama No, Mary, I think you are thinking of Alsatian clover, which is similar to white clover. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" Melchisedek's tail drooped dejectedly, and Allyn carried a sheaf of nodding yellow lilies, while Cicely had the despised grammar tucked under one arm and a bunch of greenish white clovers in the other hand. Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book The soils in these valleys, as previously intimated, have high adaptation for growing white clover. Clovers and How to Grow Them I leaned out of window, I smelt the white clover, Dark, dark was the garden, I saw not the gate; Now, if there be footsteps, he comes, my one lover; Hush nightingale, hush! Lives of Girls Who Became Famous Their meetings were held without the walls of the fort, on a level plain of white clover, under a grand old elm. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 The small, round heads are cream color, tinged with pink; it is very fragrant and sweet and grows along the roadside and, like the common white clover, is a favorite with bees. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" In the dining-room a bowl of pink and white clover occupied the center of the table and there were window boxes of the same sweet flower. Entertaining Made Easy But it may also be cut with the field mower as small white clover is frequently cut. Clovers and How to Grow Them Gongs, slowly struck, were sounding as if in languid dispute among themselves, when the two lads came across a small level plain where grass was interspersed with white clover. Figures of Earth In looking over the packages, Mark found white clover seed, and Timothy seed, among other things, in sufficient quantity to cover most of the mount of the crater. The Crater Upon the pastures were ewes and lambs sleeping, and yearling kids opened and closed their onyx eyes among the garths of white clover. Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls How would you young ladies like to marry "American Sovereigns" who must be tied up, like a lot of mangy cayuses when white clover is in blossom to keep 'em from catching the "slobbers"? Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 Small, white clover has adaptation for soils very similar to that of alsike clover. Clovers and How to Grow Them Spring sits on her nest, Daisies and white clover; And my heart at rest Lies in the spring's young nest: My love she loves me best, And the frost is over! The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 We found our land was natural for timothy and white clover. The Bark Covered House Now and then a furry nose protruded from one of the apertures and sniffed the welcome scent of pine and buttonball, red and white clover, the thousand spicy odors of field and woodland. K Whether white clover or other seed should be sown with the grass seed is very largely a personal question. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) But it is claimed that the ordinary honey bee may be and is the medium for fertilizing alsike and small white clover, but not that through which the mammoth variety is fertilized. Clovers and How to Grow Them Spring sits on her nest, Daisies and white clover! The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 I got out of the wagon, and unchecked Darby's head, and led him up to a plot of white clover, to get a lunch. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 Ashes sprinkled on a yard, or grass plat, will keep down the coarse grass, and produce white clover. Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers I was glad enough to sink on a clump of white clover. The Flight of the Shadow When timber lands are cleared, white clover plants soon appear, and in a few years will spread over the whole surface of the land. Clovers and How to Grow Them Salivation from this cause should not be confused with salivation resulting from feeding on white clover. Common Diseases of Farm Animals It was sweet among the nodding pink and white clover blossoms. The Graymouse Family The old farmers say that wood-ashes will bring in the white clover, and they will; the germs are in the soil wrapped in a profound slumber, but this stimulus tickles them until they awake. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton The daisies were thick as white clover, and the harsh purple of the anemones showed everywhere. Roman Holidays, and Others Along with blue grass, white clover plants aid in choking out weeds. Clovers and How to Grow Them One bee will come along, calling at every head of white clover. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Out of the region of fennel we passed into one of red and white clover, timothy grass and wild oats. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain Away off in the farther corner of the garden, under a hedge, bloomed a simple white clover. Our Gift Luxuriant meadows showered with golden buttercups, alternating with patches of highly-scented red and white clover, while the air seemed freighted with the balsamic odor of the crowning foliage. Marguerite Verne Soils.—Small white clover will grow on almost any kind of soil, but by no means equally well. Clovers and How to Grow Them The cave-swallows have come at last with the midsummer-time, and the hay and white clover and warm winds that breathe hotly, like one that has been running uphill. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies With the dawn Amy's bees were out at work, gleaning the last sweets from the white clover, that was on the wane, from the flowers of the garden, field, and forest. Nature's Serial Story In its modesty it bloomed, in its lowly bed it sought no observation, and was passed by as a simple white clover. Our Gift As they walked Andrews leaned over from time to time and picked a couple of the white clover flowers. Three Soldiers Where the humus soils of the prairies are deep and are underlaid with clay, white clover will grow much better in the subsoil, if laid bare, than in the surface soil. Clovers and How to Grow Them The delicate white clover, which begins to bloom about the same time, is neglected; even honey itself is passed by for this modest, colorless, all but odorless flower. Locusts and Wild Honey For instance, sow wood-ashes copiously and you speedily have a crop of white clover. Nature's Serial Story The sound of their bleating still comes back, and the bees driven up by their feet have hardly had time to settle again on the white clover beginning to flower on the short roadside sward. The Life of the Fields Chrisfield and Andrews were strolling across a field of white clover that covered the brow of a hill. Three Soldiers It is common to sow white clover on land from which the forest has recently been removed, also on natural prairie, where it has not previously grown. Clovers and How to Grow Them If possible, take out before winter all perennial weeds—sorrel, white clover, etc.—but do not greatly disturb the roots of strawberries, just on the approach of winter. Success with Small Fruits All the rest of the night he worked hard, trying to find a white clover leaf that exactly matched the one that Jennie Junebug had carried for a fan. The Tale of Freddie Firefly The only home thing we saw was white clover in patches here and there, and it gave a most welcome touch to the unfamiliar scenes. Time and Change Red and white clover are less tolerant of drought than alfalfa, which, being a deep-rooting plant, is especially commended in dry-farming undertakings. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered It is more commonly sown along with other clovers and grasses, and the methods of sowing these will also be suitable for the sowing of white clover. Clovers and How to Grow Them Five thousand of the sturdiest will sully forth to the lime trees, while three thousand juniors go and refresh the white clover. The Life of the Bee The basswood or linden tree blossom produces a fine nectar which some consider better than white clover. Three Acres and Liberty The insects were numerous on the flowers, particularly on the white clover, which is indigenous in America, springing up spontaneously wherever grasses are permitted to grow. Oak Openings In the honey house on a table he always had a plate with a pound comb of white clover honey, and spoons to eat it with; and he invited every visitor to help himself. The Lure of the Labrador Wild The white clover would furnish hay considerably finer even than the alsike; hence, such hay should be peculiarly adapted to the needs of sheep. Clovers and How to Grow Them But ended for them are the days of May honey, the wine-flower of lime trees and fragrant ambrosia of thyme and sage, of marjoram and white clover. The Life of the Bee These were to keep his feet protected from briers or from the bees scattered upon the wild white clover or from the terrible hidden thorns of the honey-locust. The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields The white clover, in particular, abounded, and was then just bursting forth into the blossom. Oak Openings The delicate white clover, which begins to bloom about the same time, is neglected; even honey itself is passed by for this modest colorless, all but odorless flower. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers The author leans to the opinion that in cured hay injury from the source named will in no instance prove serious, owing to the small amount, relatively, of white clover in average hay crops. Clovers and How to Grow Them But Melissa had already risen clear, and was heading for a breadth of virgin white clover, which to an overtired bee is as soothing as plain knitting to a woman. Actions and Reactions The mountains are beautiful, fertile to the tops, covered with the richest sward of bluegrass and white clover, the inclosed fields waving with the natural growth of timothy. Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee Yet I had scarcely noticed it before it flew away to a little distance and, circling over some half-faded blossoms of white clover, settled on one of them. Childhood The fragrance suggested that of white clover, but was more rank and spicy. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers The seeds of white clover are small, considerably smaller than those of alsike. Clovers and How to Grow Them "An upland meadow where clover and mignonette will grow," she had said, and such an one she found, and planted thick with fine white clover and with mignonette. A Mountain Woman No two plants can be singled out that are more suitable for lawn making than white clover and Kentucky blue grass. Clovers and How to Grow Them In this respect it is not unlike small white clover and Japan clover, but it does not grow so well as these on poor soil. Clovers and How to Grow Them In both England and Germany it is now more commonly grown than white clover. Clovers and How to Grow Them Nevertheless, there may be instances when it may be wise to scatter more seed in the early spring in a pasture in which white clover may not be sufficiently abundant. Clovers and How to Grow Them The methods of harvesting, threshing and preparing the seed for market are substantially the same as those adapted in handling small white clover. Clovers and How to Grow Them |
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