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the following list are mentioned the stated number of 

 times : 



Couch or Twitch i . ... . . 32 



Charlock and Runch . . . . . 28 



Docks . . . . . . ... . 16 



Thistles . 16 



Coltsfoot 13 



Chickweed 9 



Bindweeds 8 



Spurrey 7 



Poppies and Corn Buttercup ("Burrs" or^\ , A 

 "Scratch Burrs") ) each 6 



Wild Oat 5 



Knotweed and Fat Hen . . . each 4 



Redshank 3 



Groundsel, Fumitory, Corn Marigold, A /ofle-\ ^ ^ 



curus agrestis, Poa attnua, and Nettles ) 

 Self-heal, Herb Gerard, Hemp Nettle^ 

 Wild Mint, Mayweed, Cleavers, Horse- 

 tail, Speedwell, Broom-rape, Dodder, 



Pepperwort, Wild Carrot, Yellow Toad- 

 flax, Shepherd's Purse, Annual Knawel, 

 Speedwell ( V. agrestis\ Mugwort, Wart 

 Cress and Thale Cress 



each i 



In the case of grass land an analysis shows that the 

 following species are the worst weeds in the stated 

 number of instances : 



Thistles 22 



Buttercups . . . . . . . 16 



Holcus lanatus and H. mollis ... 9 



Docks 8 



Daisy 7 



Plantain ........ 6 



Soft Brome 6 



Yellow Rattle, Sorrels, Dandelion, Agrostis \ , 



sp- 1 C 



Knapweed, Rushes, Nettles . . . each 4 

 Ragwort, Hassock Grass, Rest Harrow . each 3 

 Moss, Self-heal, Sedges, Hawkweed(///'mz- > v 



ciutri), Bracken, Mountain Flax, Scabious, r each 2 



Meadow Saffron 



1 Including Triticum repens, Agrostis sp., and Arrhenatherum avenacewn, 

 var. bulbosum, as these are all termed Twitch, Wicks, Wickens, Couch, &c. 

 Two of these species are, however, given in some returns, and these are 

 included in the figures quoted. 



