Experiment Station Report. 



21 



Collection No. 5. 



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



No. of Seeds 

 Germinating. 



No. Days be- 

 fore First Seed 

 Started, 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 



17 



18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 36 



Festuca Ovina (Sheep's Fescue), 

 Festuca Elatior (Meadow Fescue), . 

 Festuca Rubra (Red Fescue), 

 Festuca Dui-iuscula (Hard Fescue-grass), 

 Poa Pratensis (June-grass), 

 Agrostis Vulgaris (Red-Top grass), . 

 Agrostis Stotonifera (Creeping Bent-grass) 

 Bronus Mollis (Soft Chess-grass), 

 Lolium Perenne (Pei-ennial Rye-grass), 

 Lolinra Italicum (Annual Rye-grass), 

 Alopecurus Pratensis (Meadow Foxtail), 

 Aira Flexuosa (Hair-grass), 

 A vena Elatior (Oat-grass), 

 Avena Flavescens (Yellow Oat-grass), 

 Dactylis Glomerata (Orchard-grass), 

 Authoxanthum Oderatum (Sweet Vernal 



grass, . . . 

 Phleum Pratense (Timothy-grass), . 

 Panicum Germanicum (Hungarian Millet), 

 Phalaris Arundinancea (Blue Joint-grass), 

 Holcus Lanatus (Soft Grass), 

 Cynosurus Cristatus (Crested Dogtail), 

 Reana Luxurieus, 

 Bermuda Grass, . 

 White Clover, . 

 Red Clover, . 

 Crimson Clover, . 

 Alsike Clover, 

 Alfalfli Clover, . 

 Yellow Clover, . 

 Bokhara Clover, . 

 White Lupine, 

 Blue Lupine, 

 Yellow Lupine, . 

 Vetch, .... 

 Horse Bean, 

 Spurry, 



5 



10 



2 



4 



4 



10 



6 



6 

 6 



10 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 5 

 6 



10 



10 



4 



20 

 9 

 9 

 9 



10 



9 



10 

 9 



10 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 



10 



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. 



