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viii. Lotus eorniculatus. 
Box 1. Uniform minimum throughout. Average height 1-10 
inches ; showing flower. 
Box 2. Low degree. Slight check in the end of June, showing 
flower. 9| inches. 
Box 3. Uniform medium. Mowered early. Average height, 
July 1, 9^ inches. 
Box 4. Uniform medium. Plowered early. 
Box 5. Maximum degree ; rise at the end of May. On July 1, 
just flowering. Height lOj inches. 
Box 6. High degree of vigour. Check at the end of May. On 
July 1, a few flowers were observed. 
Latterly but little difl'erence was observable between these plants. 
But little relation of growth to temperature and rainfall was per- 
ceptible. 
In no. 2 no relation, except at the end of June, when a slight 
arrest proportionate to diminished rainfall was observed ; in no. 5 
a slight increase was remarked at the end of May, in proportion 
to the increased rainfall ; and in the other boxes no perceptible 
relation was remarked. 
ix. Trifolium repens. 
Box 1. Uniform minimum, healthy. Average height, July 1, 
6 inches. 
Box 2. High. Foliage most vigorous, but became unhealthy, 
and died ofl^ towards the end of June. 
Box 3. Uniformly low ; but at the end of June the plants were 
in better condition than in 2. 
Box 4. Uniform medium. 
Box 5. Uniform maximum. Foliage vigorous. Plants flagged 
at the end of June. Average height 5| inches. 
Box 6. Uniformly high. 
The plants in all six boxes showed the eff'ects of drought, and 
latterly were all about of the same average height ; but little ten- 
dency to flower was noticed, and little or no relation to rainfall 
or temperature was observable. 
X. Flantago lanceolata. 
Box 1. Uniform minimum, healthy. Average height, on July 1, 
10 inches. 
