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ina/is), meadow fescue ( festuca p7'atensis), tall oat-like soft- 

 grass {hoicus avenaceus), cock's-foot {dactylis glomeratd), 

 meadow cat's-tail {phleuni pratense), ray-grass {lolium pe- 

 renne), cow-grass or red clover {trif'olium medhim), and 

 white or Dutch clover {trifolium repens). It is now the 

 third year, and the sward is much improved, and superior 

 in the quantity of produce to that of the original pasture. 

 This, and several other experiments on rather a smaller scale, 

 conducted with much care and impartiality by Mr. Wilson, 

 have given results the most satisfactory ; proving, as far as 

 they go, the truth of the conclusions that had been drawn 

 from the results of the experiments detailed in the foregoing- 

 pages. 



Since the above was first printed, this pasture has fully 

 supported the character then given of it. Here the advan- 

 tages of eight years' heavy annual crops, and a pasture 

 highly improved, are the results of this trial ; and which 

 would have been even more valuable, had not the want, at 

 the time, of a greater variety of the seeds of the different 

 species of the superior grasses, prevented the full comple- 

 ment of the essential grasses being sown. 



