VITALITY OF TIIE SEED OF WEEDS. 347 

 Collection No. 5. 



(Seeds put up by J. M. Thorburn & Co., 1883.) 



No. of Seeds 

 Germinating. 



No. Days be- 

 fore First Seed 

 Started. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



U 



15 



16 



17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 2i 

 2.5 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 34 

 So 

 36 



Festuca Ovina (Sheep's Fescue), 

 Festuoa Elatior (iNIeailow Foscue), . 

 Festuca Rubra (Red Fescue), 

 Festuca Duriuscula (Hard Fescue-grass), 

 Poa Fratensis (June-grass), 

 Agrostis Vulgaris (Red-Top grass), . 

 Agrostis Stotonifera (Creeping Bent-grass) 

 Bronus Mollis (Soft Chess-grass), 

 Loliuiu Perenne (Perennial R}"e-grass), 

 Lolium Italieum (Annual R^-e-gras.s), 

 Alopocurus Pratensis (Meadow Foxtail), 

 Aira Flexuosa (Hair-grass), 

 A vena EUitior (Oat-grass), 

 AA-ena Flavescens (Yellow Oat-grass), 

 Dactylis Glonienita (Orchard-grass), 

 Autlioxanthum Oderatum (Sweet Vernal 



grass, 



Phleum Pratense (Timothy-grass), . 

 Panieuiu Gernianicum (Hungarian Millet), 

 Phalaris Arundinancea (Blue Joint-grass), 

 Holcus Lanatus (Soft Grass), 

 Cjnosurus Cristatus (Crestetl Dogtail), 

 Reana Luxurieus, 

 Bermuda Grass, .... 

 White Clover, .... 



Red Clover, 



Crimson Clover, .... 

 Alsilie Clover, .... 

 Alfalfa Clover, .... 

 Yellow Clover, .... 

 Bokhara Clover, .... 

 White Lupine, .... 

 Blue Lupine, .... 

 Yellow Lupine, .... 



Vetch, 



Horse Bean, .... 

 Spurry, 



.5 



10 



2 



4 



4 



10 



6 



4 

 5 



7 



8 

 9 

 8 

 6 

 6 

 10 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 5 

 6 



10 



10 



4 



20 

 9 

 9 

 9 



10 



9 

 9 

 9 



9 



10 

 9 



10 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 



10 



2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 



7 

 6 

 6 

 6 



7 

 6 



It will be seen that those varieties which, as a rule, are 

 most hardy and productive, and consequently most generally 

 planted, have generally retained their vitality the longest. 



