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modes of increase, such as stolons, runners, off- 

 sets, suckers, etc.; noting also special fitness 

 for pasture conditions, as indicated above. 



2. Diagram a vertical section of the soil and on it show 

 form and growth-habit of half a dozen of the more typical 

 pasture plants, such as the following : 



(a) A grass that spreads by underground branches, 



like a bluegrass. 



(b) A bulbous grass, like timothy. 



(c) A creeping plant, rooting along the branches, like 



white clover. 



(d) A rosette-forming, tall, single-stemmed biennial, 



like teasel or dock. 



(e) A rosette-forming, tap-rooted dwarf, like dande- 



lion. 



(f ) A fibrous-rooted perennial, like the daisy, or but- 



tercup, or yarrow. 



3. A complete census of the plant population of a single 

 square yard of old pasture : names of plants and numbers of 

 individuals. It will be necessary to state how you have 

 counted individuals of the multiple-rooted forms. 



