TO CORRESPONDENT.
“ Curious.” White clover (Trifolium rapens) is frequently treated as the Irish shamrock. . It has creeping stems and the leaves are divided into three small heartshaped leaflets, often with a curved whitish band near the base. The white flowers form a round head. Some authorities say that wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) is the shamrock. Chambers has it that the lesser yellow trefoil (Trifolium minus) is the plant usually sold in Dublin on St. Patrick’s Day.
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Evening Star, Issue 21054, 17 March 1932, Page 10
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76TO CORRESPONDENT. Evening Star, Issue 21054, 17 March 1932, Page 10
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