HORTtS GRAMINEUS WOBU R N E N S IS,. 159 



Turfs one foot in diameter, from rich ancient pa4,ive value, 

 in Endsleigh, Devonshire, belonging to the Duke of ^more for 

 contained the following plants : — iments 



1. Turf from Hurdwick ground: Anthoxanthum odoraitoer- 

 cynosurus cristatus, loliianpejeiine KnsseUiainim,poa pratemis, 

 poa trivialis, dactylis glomerata, liolcus Imiatus, festuca pra- 

 tensis, Achillea millefolium, trifolium repens, trifolium pratense 

 perenne, rtimex acetosa, plautago lanceolata, hieracium pilosella, 

 pru7iella vulgaris. 



2. Turf one foot diameter, from Endsleigh grounds : Fes- 

 tuca j)ratensis, festuca duriuscula, alopecurus prateusis, dacty- 

 lis glomerata, hro7nus mollis, poa trivialis, cynosurus cristatus, 



festuca rubra, agrostis stolonifera latifolia, lolium perenne 

 Itussellianum, lolium perenne compositum, holcus lanatus, agros- 

 tis vulgaris, trifolium pratense 'perenne (red perennial clover), 

 white clover, spear-leaved ribwort {plantagc^anceolata) , yar- 

 row {Achillea millefolium), hieracium pilosella, rumex acetosa, 

 stellaria graminea, bellis perennis, anthoxanthum odoratum. 

 To those who are accustomed to consider as necessary one or 

 two species of grass only, as ray-grass and clover, the fact 

 of twenty-two different species of grasses and other plants 

 being produced on something less than the space of a square 

 foot of the best fattening pastures, would scarcely appear 

 credible, unless it was thus demonstrated. The pasture of 

 which this turf is a specimen, on an average, per acre, fat- 

 tens one bullock, of from 100 to 120 stone, Smithfield weight, 

 and winters two sheep. 



400 grains of the soil consisted of — 



Water of absorption 55 grains. 



Fine sand, partly siliceous and partly 



aluminous • > 148 



Decomposing vegetable matter 38 



Oxide of iron 40 



Carbonate of lime or chalk 



Soluble vegetable and saline matter 6 



Alumina, or pure matter of clay 34 



Silex 60 



Loss 19 



400 



