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An important result of the experiments carried on at Woburn 

 in 1887-8 was to demonstrate the greater value of timothy over 

 rye grass for short lays. The green produce at Woburn for the 

 two years named was at the rate of 6 tons 13 cwt. per acre of 

 timothy, while perennial rye-grass yielded 5 tons IT l / 4 and Italian 

 5 tons 17 x /4 the same number of germinating seeds per acre being 

 sown in each case. It is also the cheapest good grass in the market. 



Supposing ten million plants to be sufficient for an acre the 

 cost per acre would be the following. 



Many contributions by Mr. Carruthers have been published on the 

 weeds of pastures and cultivated lands. The different methods of 

 treating biennial and perennial weeds, and the difficulty of eradicating 

 those with under-ground stems or roots have been pointed out. 



R. STAPLETON. On the Flora of certain Cotswold Pastures. 



Agricultural Students Gazette, Vol. XV, Part. I. August 1910. Ci- 

 rencester. 



This article draws attention to the flora of certain pastures with 

 a view to forming an opinion of their comparative merit, judged 

 from a purely botanical point of view and not by such criterions 

 as weight of hay and other empirical guides. 



The mode of procedure adopted was first to draw up a com- 

 plete catalogue of the species in a field; secondly, to group the 

 species according to their relative abundance, showing gramineae, 

 leguminosae and non-grass and non-leguminous flora in three se- 

 parate columns. 



This grouping can be conveniently made as follows : Dominant, 

 Subdominant, Abundant, Frequent, Sparse, and Solitary. 



