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" All the numbers on which we have not reported represent wheat of a 

 ecidedly inferior quality ." 



Grass Experiments. 



30. Panicum bulbosum. Since last year this is standing in a 

 mall plot. It seems a perennial grass. It is barely able to 

 urvive drought and cannot be cut at intervals to furnish a regular 

 upply of fodder in summer. The grass propagates easily by its 

 mlbs which strike root very readily and it may ultimately prove 

 o be a good grazing grass but probably not superior to many 

 ndigenousones. Further tests as to its feeding value, etc., can be 

 mdertaken only whe it is propagated on a larger scale so as to 

 ensure a seed supply for an extended area. 



31. Italian rye grass, perennial rye grass, Daotylis glomerata, 

 ?estuca elatior, Phleum pratense. These were sown in separate 

 >eds but all failed to germinate. 



Silo. 



32. A pit of 1 ,000 cubic feet capacity was dug in ordinary soil 

 LI the gardens to test the value of ensilage of a large quantity of 

 oarse grass. The quantity placed in the pit in September was 

 6^821 Fos, On being opened in the month of March the yield of 

 attle feed weighing 20,000 Ibs, was abstracted at the rate of 500 



s. per day until finished. The Superintendent of the Kirkee 

 )ivil Dairy reports that the cattle ate it readily and that the 



culiar strong smell passed away quickly on exposure to air, 

 viog the smell of half dried hay. Arrangements have been 



ade tins year for the preparations of 6 siloes in murum ground 

 a. order to permanently maintain the experiment on a larger scale. 



Trial with new Plants. 



33. The following plants have been introduced into the 

 ardens for trial : 



Billbergia decora. 

 Aechmea fulgens. 

 Aechmea sp. 

 Karatus spectabilis. 

 Carugata lingulata, 

 Cryptanthus acaulis. 

 Passiflora Watsoniana. 

 Buddie! a diversifolia. 

 Cacoalia carnosa. 



Vitis g 

 Vitis lalifolia, 

 Schimatoglottis crispata, 

 Maranta Binote. 

 Musssenda luteola, 

 Ansenoia rotundifolia. 

 Dieffenbachia Jenmaui. 

 Scutellaria discolor. 

 Amornmn magnificum. 

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