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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. 
