Observation* and Experiments on some lEngUsh Pasture*. 101 
In addition to the grasses Dr. Fream found in his turf 5 per 
cent, of white clover and a trace of buttercup. 
6. New Romney, Kent : Mr. A. Hutchison. — I inspected this 
pasture on June 8. It was a small field by the side of the 
road near the town of New Romney, and is on a slightly ele- 
vated piece of ground, with a sandy loam for a soil, resting on 
a sandy subsoil : but it is not from the famous Romney Marsh. 
The field was pastured by mixed stock. On account of the 
high price of lean stock, and the low price of fat stock, Mr. 
Hutchison had not added to his stock, so that there was not 
sufficient in the field to consume the pasture, and it was, conse- 
quently, imperfectly eaten. It was full of buttercup (Ranunculus 
bulbosus), and contained a good many daisies and some sorrel. 
More than half of the pasture was untouched by the stock, and 
the parts neglected were those in which the buttercup was 
flourishing. The chief grasses in the field were rough-stalked 
meadow-grass and dogstail, with a good deal of cocksfoot and 
yellow oat-grass. When I visited the field in the beginning of 
June the rye-grass, which proved afterwards to be the most 
abundant grass in the pasture, was considerably behind tbe 
other grasses : the foliage could be detected when the other 
grasses were pressed aside, but only a few flowering heads were 
showing themselves. The field in which the plot was enclosed, 
and from which a portion of Dr. Fream's turf was taken, had 
similar herbage to the neighbouring fields which I examined, 
and from which the other portions of the turf were obtained. 
The enclosed plot was fairly representative of the herbage of 
these fields. It was cut on July 15, and the analysis showed 
the following results : - 
The enclosed plot The turf 
Rye-grass, Zolium perenne 
Dogstail, Cynosurus cristatus 
Yorkshire fog, IJolcus lanatus 
Rough-stalked meadow-grass, Poa tritiniis 
Meadow barley-grass, Hordtwn pretense 
Yellow cat-grass, Avena Jiarescens 
Cocksfoot, Dactylis glomerata 
Yellow suckling clover, Trifolium minus 
\\ hite clover, Trifolium repena 
The rye-grass, so inconspicuous in the separated plot, in the 
beginning of June, had now become the chief ingredient, while 
the dogstail and meadow-grass, the leading grasses at the 
1 With Agrostis. 
Analysis 
Analysis of the 
oi iili the 
gramineous 
herbage 
herbage 
Dr. Fream 
. 59 
66 
97 
. 13 
14 
a trace 
. G 
7 
. 5 
6 
a trace 
. 4 
4 
. 2 
2 
3 1 
. 1 
1 
. 6 
• 4 
