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Daisy (Ne6inean). Horses, cows, and sheep refuse it. 

 Colt's-foot (Gallan Greanach). Goats and sheep eat it ; 

 cows are fond of it : horses refuse it. 



Certain plants, e.g. seashore and bog plants, cornfield 

 weeds, etc., are confined more or less to certain situations, 

 and need hardly be looked for elsewhere. Some Louse - 

 wort, Orchis, Bitter Flax, etc. indicate poor pastures ; others 

 and these are important for the agriculturist to know, 

 as they can be controlled by drainage the state of the 

 ground as regards moisture. In dry situations Leguminosae, 

 Rosacese Composite, Ericaceae, Scrophulariacese, Plantaginese, 

 Gramineae, Filices, etc., are largely represented; while 

 the prevalence of Ranunculacese, Lythraceee, Umbelliferse, 

 Polygonacese, Juncaceae, and Cyperacese may point to opposite 

 conditions. 



COMMON PLANTS INDICATING 

 WELL-DRAINED SITUATIONS WET GROUND 



High Ground. 



Fine-leaved Heath. Cross-leaved Heath. 



Bracken. Sharp-flowered Jointed Rush. 



Fescues. Sedges. 



Wood Rushes. Common, Spike, Club, 



and Bog Rushes. 



Wild Strawberry. Bog Pimpernel. 



Milkwort. Bog Starwort. 



Sweet Vernal Grass. Purple Melic-grass. 



Low Ground. 



Spear Thistle. Marsh Thistle. 



Ragwort. Bog Ragwort. 



Foxglove. Ragged Robin. 



Daisy. Purple Loosestrife. 



Meadow Foxtail. Marsh Foxtail. 



Fine Bent-grass. Marsh Bent-grass. 



