EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT MANURES ON THE MIXED HERBAGE OF GRASS LAND. 
TAnLe sHowtnG tHe Description, aNpD Prorortions rer Cenr., or Tor Dirrerent Kinps oF Herior. Sevenra Srason, 1862. [To face page 192. 
i} ARTIFICIAL MANURES. 
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NATURAL ; : 3 
a | BOTANICAL NAMES. | COMMON NAMES.| UNMANURED, 
FARMYARD 
MANURE, 
monia Salts 
Ibs. Nitrogen) 
Nitrate of Soda alone. Mixed Alkalies 41 Superphosphate of Lime 
With | 
i With " 7 
Paonia |e With Nitrate of Suda, | with | . 
| With | (=41 tbs. | (=82 Ibs With MGalta | With Aamonin Salts alte | Ammonia | COMMON NAMES, 
| Alone, Alone. | gawavet, ||Nit Nines. || Alone, (<ag Ibs, |. (=B2ut Nitrogen’ ja Shel Ge a Alone,| Salts | 
| : jarrdust, Nitrogen. | Nitrogen. Nitrogen) [984 CutWWheat-straw.||(=164Tbs,=10Ulbs.)) -_ ya, 2 bs | (=a1 tbs. | 
| [Nitrogen | ||Nitrogen).!a Sawdust |\Nitrozen).|q ca walurt.{|Nitrogen.)| Nitrogen. rogen). 
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GRaAMINACE 
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Number of Species 16 | 13 16 16 15 16 || 17 le || 14 | 15 |14\)%) 15 13 13 16 
} 1 | Festuca duriuscula Hard Fescue 959] 1064) G19 |) gina 712 13°5. 706 298 342 | 2°03] 95)! 149 9°62 058 019 | Hard Fescue, 
2 ty pratensis -| Meadow Fescue baa} 160) 0-72 || 186 | 2 0:89 2 239 135 go | 1°67| 536)) 947 147 199 0:05 | Meadow Fescue 
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{ 3 | Avena pubescens Downy Oat-grass 8'99| 6°63 784 | 1644 || 9°57 317 || 1047 1945 9°95 1043. | 8°93] 179|| 5°36 158 119 au | 1g 066 | Downy Oat-grass, 
t ny favescens Yellow Oat-grass 448} 1-74 || 0°66 119 066 2°89 620) 5:28 || #75 879 | 3°68) ¢40|! a:94 497 a4 15:66 | 3:59 3°15 | Yellow Oat-grass. 
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§ | Agrostis vulgaris Common Bent-grass 707] 442) 18:59 || 21:29 | 20'50 68a 620 | ) 1055 7:96 | 11°97) S95 | 1928 || | 178 0:78 | Common Bent-grass. 
| 6 | Lolium perenne Rye-grass 660] ou a4 3°30 579 «| a32 | 461 11°89 608 746) at | 5:41 278 Rye-grass. 
7 | Holcus lanatus Woolly Soft-grass 47 | i187) 16:94 p68 | sii || 669 | 456 1106 | 863 | 4°00) 3s 6-08 6:01 | Woolly Soft-zrass. 
| 8 | Dactylis glomerata ... Rough Cock's-foot 347] 249) 08 |) 2°97 rg | ran) ve 329 so4 | angi | 23°55 | 3097 2104 16:89 | Rough Cock’s-foot 
Graminacem. . 4 = | i 
} $9 | Pow trivia Rough Meadow-grass | 1°50 264) 567) 7:99 || 161 122 674 | 3°62 s77| «ss || 12°00 8:97 169] 1016 |} 1547 | 19°96 7:30 27'43| 29:34 | Rough Meadow-grass. 
110, pratensis Smooth Mendow-grass| 0°03 | | 02] oo4 | 0°08 oso | 0°07 0°90 o14 || 0-72 013 | os|| 037 || vos | 032 =| 018 | Smooth Meadow-gras 
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| 41 | Arrhenatherum avenaceum ..| False Oat 008 | 4°00 |) 204] o-o4 197 || 877 gu2 || 0-90 526) 5:11 od 0:30 oop || oss | 5:70 0:36 2°73| 0°66 | False Oat. 
12 Anthoxanthum odoratum. Sweet Vernal-grass 8-29] 1:0]/ 229] 265] ta3 |) a4 3°57 rig | 136 || ono} 3:53 |] 0-49 142 089 || | oar O01 0°19} 0°06 | Sweet Vernal-grass 
13 | Alopecurus pratenais. Fox-tail 367) 0°65 || 216] o20/ og || oa | 1°64 19:69 | 604 O04) 040 || 0-08 155 360 Visi 050 1-77| 0715 | Fox-tail. 
| 44 Brisa media. Quaking-grass 108 | o°54|| O81} 0:26) | oor oor | 0-01 002 0°03 0°07 e i] eee - Quaking-grass. 
15 | Cynosurus eristatus Crested Dog's-tail....| 0°15] o-41|| 0-28] 0:27 | 003 | 040 || o13| 0-29 | “on | 15 | ‘60 
16 | Bromus mollis Soft Brome-gras 0:08} 03 || 0-06) 0:29 O16 || 0-07 | 102 || o-63| ora | a7 | os 0:31 0-93 0:28 151 9°64] 12°83 | Soft Brome-grass. 
17 | Phieum pratense Cat! s-tail | ra ae | 0-02 0°01 | 5 - | oor | 5 -- | 0108 | Cat’s-tail 
18 | Aira crespitosa Tufted Hair-grass Jen ee a k | linees is | ‘Tufted Hair-grass, 
Graminacewe determined 68°82 | 58°13 || 58'47]62°96| 69°45 || 78°68 pase || s6-47/ 65:21 || 7757 | 80°61 | 74:29|| 77:50 80°91 si95 || 6578 | 67-39 
es undetermined; stem and leaf s.| 743| 11°61) 9°52] 8:90) Gao || 5-07 ] 1765 || sa] 440 || “631 | 652) 9:60 569 | ea || 27 | 1265 
Shedded flowers and seeds (chiefly Graminacese; 7:95| 4°25|| G10} 746) 7°63 |) 4:59 1934 | 10:39 410} 397 |] 578 | | a-95] 906|) a6 3'81 419 5°64 971 | 
Total 74°20 | 73°99 || 74°09 |78-72| sa4a || saad | 82°27 | 8031 || 6640) 73-58 89°65 | 8684 | 90:38 91-26 || gos | 9502 |) 79°69 | 89°75 
Lecuminous Hersace. 
Nacho clapeie toe WAeS: a| 3 3 | 4 ey || adhe au || ame alan || | fon 0 3 Al 2 
1 | ‘Trifolium pratense perenne..| Perennial Red Clover oa) §2°66 | eal yo07 |i lf 0-28 o16 || 751/} ‘ |... | os 002 | =n L yey |§ 02 [Yo.go\{ 0°05 | Perennial Red Clover. 
in » Fepens White Clover }avs pe | OT att a Ie } aoa) F202 Hy “oor | ‘oor | oo1|| oor | D iig 887 |Q [5819 oor | White Clover. 
Leguminosse..4 | i | | | | 
3 Lathyrus pratensis Meadow Vetchling....| 1°19| 1°88|| 1°54] 0°28] 0°07 || oor 0-29 O01 1324) 8110 om | ong | ora) 0) || 0-21 Sen 0:05 | 0°84 | 0:90) 0-14 | Meadow Veteblin, 
4 | Lotus corniculatus.. Bird's-foot Trefoil. 169 | 1°62|} 166] 0-39). 007 | 001 os | o-o1 126) 0-17 cn Sal teecel| || a 0°01 | Bird’s-foot Trefoil 
Total | 701] €16][ Gap]/ ato] orn | ors | oe oa2 | 017 |/2009) 1828 o12 | ors | 046) 002) os |! 000 000 || 92 | O86 ai 
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Miscenuanrous Hxrnacr. | 
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Mannix ot paclaa os? 23 | 20 is | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 |\19| a6 || 1a | 13 | 13/120 | a | 
] Plantago lanceolata ........| Ribwort Plantain ....| 687) 7-7|| 7°29 007 || 009 | 009 306 699 || 023) 072 || os ovoa | 0-05) o/s 034 | Ribwort Plantain. 
| | | | ) v6 | 7 D vsg | Milfoil 
{  2| Achillea millefolium........) Milfoil wee| 145] rn] V8 170 || 133 397 185 ass || 169]! os 1-06 208] o75|| 141 | C 
3 | Centaurea nigra Black Knapweed ....| 0°10) 0°83 || 0-46 oor |! .. re} Joos} ons || oor : | === | | Black Enapweed. 
4} Leontodon hiepidus Rough Hawkbit } | 058) 0-99 sees’ || Or01 ae | o7, * || 003 i _ slp poneh eee 3 
5 | ‘Tragopogon pratense .. «| Yellow Goat's-beard. ve | O26)| O19 «ee . | | ‘ Rel) awe {| Dandelion -beard. 
‘Com positae 6| ‘Taraxacum dens-leonis -...} Dandelion «| 0°00) 042 || 0-09 os |] cc32 | oa =| “os "a0 || 018) “O'0a ea 0°30 o10 |) “0'07 Dandelion, 
7 | Carduus arvensis. Creeping ‘Thistle 4 ae (fl icace: || feenee |ll) “eone |] om)... Bs m Gal) ss | | creas : 
8| Hypochorris radicata.,......| Cat's-ear Jon cs. | es Seece lee cee ; |) seen | “ola ; ace B lle ||jeeoe | ar. 
9| Hieracium pilosella Mouse-car Hawkweed eel Tl |] ova 002 || ie Alt ae || > 3 S| me wee ‘ear Hawkweed.| 
10 | Bellis perennia ; | Daly . vases] OOL| see |] OOF ara seav | set) ll) cance | | | eee aaa local vee | Daisy. 
| | | 7 | za] vss) | 12a | Earth-nut. 
11) Bunium flexuosum Earth-nut ......----| 0°94 2°62] 1-73 | ow6 | ono 109 ost || 179) 139 oat 47 | 174] 133 eed a 
Umbellifers. J 12) Pimpinella saxifrage Burnet Saxifrage ....| 197) 0°21 || 079 | 010 006 A | » |] os 0-78 ool O15 | 004) O01) o07 Fumes Sonteeg ze. 
13) Heracleum spbondylium....| Hogweed...+e+0:+2.0) O01) s+» || O01 rez; ? | ase || | ate ri vr [one | | 
| | reall ; - . r 5 0°52 1:39 | Crowfoot. 
Ranunculacese 14 & 15) Ranunculus acris et bulbosus| Crowfoot -| 961) 179 || 270 025 | oO 68 \ 2 147 || Hi orga | ras oe Bia gor oil lease | [ee 
Polygonacem 16| Humex acto seoeasee| Sorrel Dock. - 119 | 2°68 | 1-93 yea | 106i |} ea | 186 | 70 0; 2 | Basi Cel | Field Weodrush. 
Juneacese 17 Larula campestris. ‘ield Woodrush, 154) 101 || 1°97 075 | 086 || vos | rig) 0°64 ovo 004 Old) FO! a ses GermandarSpentinll 
Scrophulariacess.. 18 | Veronica chammdrys .. Germander Speedwell | 043 | 0-41 | O41 0-01 ous || 087 ora || oi) 0-88 0-02 see Ware e | 
| | re Weg : . 05 | 0:01 | y Mouse-ear Chickweed 
§ 19 | Cerastim vulgatum ... Mouse-ear Chickweed | 0-40| 0°39|| 0:39 0-01 006 || 025 || 03] 0-08 | oor | 0:05) 0:01 |) oor vsz+ | Mouse-ear Chick 
aryopbyllace } 4° | Stellaria graminea, Lemer Starwort.-.-».| 0°01) 004|) 0-03 ow . oo | | oo a8 ' 
| | | ‘o8 | | ores | | sess | Field Seabious. 
accor 21 | Seablosa arvensis Field Seabious 0-01 oon Jos G08) arse ena bine 
ryacese <1... 8) Hypnum squarrosum | Squarrose Mi | 04 | 0°06 I) cece | Sauaree 
laceme 23 | Primula verin PEPYS Cowalip creer ool 00a an Bre 
, 0:29 a | | .... | Great Burnet. 
Yanguisorbacem .. 24 | Sanguisorba officinalis ......| Great Burnet oor oo on aia ar 
25) Potentilla reptans «0.0: +++] Cinquefoll . ” teas Kis Ah Sahn } Common Avens, 
Kowcem .....,4 96 Geum urbanum . SI2] Common Ave our BGs ae Fete sess pee || ENS 
197) Spirmea ulmaria | Meadow-sweet oe | aH re ah RS cer | 
| | | ‘ on 0°05 = oe =| ae wae cess) Yellow Bedstraw, 
Calincem ........ 28) Gallum verum..--....00+++«| Yellow Bedstraw «+0: | +++ 001 tee nce To) “|| ae : ee | ones 
vhioglowacess .. 49 Opbloglossum vulgatum Adier's-tongue « O01 | oro sees |] eee | nee ve | 
| | eres cane | neae’ | me Sacn sess) Bugle. 
Larniaceme 30| Ajuge reptans peeeasaseve| (0°01!) oo} ae set |e Doce Ha) | eS ee } 
= sere” ETT) 1y'02 ar || mst | iz4g |) 1546 19'5a || gsi) sa 1022 13°03 | 916 | 7-84 | o39 Jigs) 1021 | 
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35 31 28 40 36 28 30 29 | 26 24 al | 31 25 27 | 28 
‘Total Number of Specios,.....| 43 | 38 39 | 32 33 40 Le | | stil - 
FT > 2 TTT Y | y Y y y y 100" 100°00)100°0 i fl i || 100-00 100°00 [10°00 100" 
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