96 Observations and Experiments on some English Pastures. 
to make further observations on some of these pastures. The 
method adopted by Dr. Fream was to obtain a turf 2 feet long by 
1 foot wide and 9 inches deep from the best grass lands of different 
districts, selected by local men who were believed to know the 
best pastures. These turfs were planted in the Botanical Garden 
of the College of Agriculture at Downton, and were carefully 
observed by Dr. Fream during their growth ; and in the course 
of the month of July the turfs were successively cut, the 
elements were separated into their various species, and then the 
whole of the plants of each species were weighed in their green state. 
The Committee selected for further observation those pas- 
tures in England in which Dr. Fream had determined the 
presence among the grasses of more than 75 per cent, of rye- 
grass. The following twelve localities were accordingly fixed 
upon. The pastures are given in the order and with the 
numbers of Dr. Fream 's paper, with the percentage he records 
for the rye-grass among the gramineous herbage : 
Localities Selected for Further Observation. 
Perc-ntage of 
Frearn's 
Xo. in this 
Locality 
rye-grass in 
Xo. 
paper 
gramineous 
herbage 
2 
10 
Tenterden, Kent . . 
. 80 
3 
3 
MangertoD, Dorset . 
. 76 
4 
7 
Little Marston, Dorset . 
. 77 
5 
9 
Wiveliscombe, Somerset 
. 82 
7 
12 
North Curry, Somerset . 
. 90 
10 
13 
Ashburton, Devon . 
. 82 
11 
2 
Berkeley) Gloucestershire 
. 83 
19 
5 
Aylesbury, Bucks . 
. 80 
20 
14 
Old Court, Hereford 
. 100 
21 
1 
Corsley Meadows, Wilts 
. 88 
23 
11 
St. Alger's, Somerset 
. 86 
24 
G 
Romney Marsh, Kent . 
. 97 
Iu addition to these it was decided to make similar observa- 
tions on a pasture at Market Harborough and another at Fung's 
Lynn. 
The method proposed was, first to obtain permission from 
the various gentlemen who had provided the turfs to enclose a 
portion of the field near to the place where the turfs had been 
taken. This was cordially given, and early in the season of 
1889 eight large hurdles were erected in each of the fields, 
enclosing about sixteen square yards ; and within these, four 
smaller game hurdles were erected, enclosing a plot four yards 
square. In the course of June and July, I visited all the 
localities, with the view of seeing the nature of the herbage in 
the fields in which the plots were enclosed, anl of determining 
