"Sainfoin" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... places abounding in wild flowers, constitute the best neighbourhood for an apiary, and in default of this pasturage, there should be gardens where flowers are cultivated, and fields in which buck-wheat, clover, or sainfoin, is sown. ...
— A Description of the Bar-and-Frame-Hive • W. Augustus Munn
... all the bells of Phicol. Scarcely one Peristome veils its beauties now, but then— Like nascent diamonds, sparkling in the sun, Or sainfoin, circinate, or moss in ...
— A Nonsense Anthology • Collected by Carolyn Wells
... any purpose in a family. The first object in the article of food, is wholesomeness; and grass growing spontaneously on good meadow-land is in general deemed most proper for cows intended to supply the dairy. The quantity of milk produced by those which feed on sainfoin is however nearly double to that of any other provender: it is also richer in quality, and will yield a larger quantity of cream: of course the butter will be better coloured and flavoured than any other. Turnips and carrots form an excellent article, and cannot be too strongly recommended, ...
— The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, • Mary Eaton |
