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vi. Bromus mollis.. 
Plant very thin in all the boxes, and little or no growth made. 
Leaves about 1| in. long. 
vii. Trifolium 'pratense. 
All the boxes thickly covered with healthy growing plants, all 
about alike in vigour ; those in the unmanured box the least 
developed. 
viii. Lotus corniculatus. 
All the boxes had plant at the outside ; but in the centre of every 
box the plants had died. 
ix. Trifolium repens. 
All the boxes covered with healthy plants. Not much progress 
as to leaf-development ; but the plants in boxes 5 and 6 had 
made long stout runners rooting at the extremities. 
X. I*lantago lanceolata. 
Boxes 1, 2, and 3 thickly covered with healthy plants of last 
year's growth, with many seedlings intermixed. 
Boxes 4, 5, and 6 relatively deficient in both particulars. 
Boxes 1 and 2 the most forward. 
xi. Achillea Millefolium. 
All the boxes densely covered with vigorous plants, with leaves 
2-3 in. long, and numerous runners matted together. 
The plants in boxes 3 and 6 appear to have slightly the ad- 
vantage over the rest. (See remarks on this plant, vol. iii. p. 52.) 
xii. Carum Carui. 
All the plants healthy. Box 4 bas the most vigorous growth, 
then boxes 3 and 5 ; size of leaves very variable in different 
specimens in the same box. 
The condition of the plants and of the roots (see vol. iii. p. 44 
et seqq.) having been noted, the boxes were emptied of their 
contents, and the following observations on the soil of the various 
boxes taken by Mr. Willis : — 
