XXX. Contents. 



APPENDIX I. 



PAPE& CONTXIBUIED BY MR. JAMES HUNTER, AGRICULTURAL SEED 

 MERCHANT, CHESTER. 



PAGE 



Grass seeds conunonly used for laying down land to grass greatly 



differ in appearance, &c 147 



The germination of seeds 147 



The •weight of the seed as a test of quality 148 



The number of seeds in a given weight of the different species of 



grasses varies greatly 149 



The cost per million germinating seeds 149 



Standard of quality of seeds for grass mixtures 151 



Micro-photographs of the seeds of the various grasses and clovers • 



used in the Clifton Park system 152 



The quantity of grass and clover seeds sufficient to sow an acre ... 153 



The average price of seeds for the years 1898 to 1907 153 



The relative productiveness of various grasses 154 



Grasses arranged in the order of their cost for seeds to sow an acre 155 



More seed required when land not in fine tilth 156 



The mixing of grass and clover seeds ... 157 



APPENDIX II. 



ON SOME NOTES ON THE SEED TRADE AND GRASS SEEDS SUPPLIED BY 

 MB. JAMES HUNTER, AGRICULTURAL SEED MERCHANT, CHESTER. 



Mr. Faunce de Laune's Paper on " Laying down land to Permanent 



Pasture," and its important results 158 



Condition of the Grass Seed Trade in this Country 158 



An easy and safe method of obtaining good seeds 159 



The excessive use of clover 159 



APPENDIX ni. 



THE LATEST EXPERIENCES, UP TO THE END OF NOVEMBER 1907, HAVE BEEN 

 ADDED TO THE EXPERIMENTAL AND OTHER NOTES IN THIS APPENDIX. 



The Inner Kaimrig experiment 160 



The Outer Kaimrig experiment 160 



The Bankfield experiment 162 



Experiments in Alghope field 166 



Difference between five-course rotation and that on Author's farm. . 168 



