1911.] 



Herbage Studies. 



481 



L. eornieulatus 



L. major 



L. eornieulatus 



L. major 

 L. tenuis 



Thames Bank, July 18, 1910 



Swanage, August, 1910 



Portrush, Mav 22, 1911 



Ballantrae, June 28, 1911 



K..f.)i;,msted (Wild), June 10, 1911 



Threshfield, Yorkshire, June 27— 



Small leaves 



Large „ 



Lewisham (from Vilmorin's seed), July 13, 1911 . 

 Courtrai (J.V.E.), July 17, 1911— 



(? var. L. major), Hairy 



Non-hairy 



Kothamsted, July 24, 1911— 



f Field Ia 



From Vilmorin's 



Margate 



Lewisham (from Kimmeridge seed) 



Fjaerland, August, 1911 



Vik, August, 1911 



Xotodden. August, 1911 •. 



Trondhjem, October, 1911 



Vilmorin's seed 



Cirencester, July 26, 1911 



Lewisham (from Vilmorin's seed), July 29, 1911 . 



Isle of Wight, August, 1911 



It is well that we should put on record the results obtained on growing 

 Lotus eornieulatus at Eothamsted on four of the barley plots, 1a-4a, across 

 each of which a row was planted, using seed obtained from Vilmorin of 

 Paris. A first crop was cut on August 3, 1911, a second on September 11 : — 



Second crop. 



Each of the plots receives a dressing of 200 lbs. of ammonia salts per acre. 

 Plot Ia has no other manure ; 2a receives 3 5 cwt. superphosphate ; 3a 

 200 lbs. sulphate of potash, 100 lbs. sulphate of soda and 100 lbs. sulphate of 

 magnesia ; 4a has a complete mineral manure, receiving both superphosphate 

 and alkali salts. 



It is obvious that growth is favoured by complete manuring. The smaller 



