102 Observations and Experiments on some English Pastures, 
earlier date, were relatively unimportant at the time of cutting. 
The enclosed portion was free from buttercup, though it was 
very abundant in the field. I detected no plants of either 
foxtail or timothy in the fields I examined, and though I found 
specimens of florin by the roadsides I did not observe it in the 
fields. 
Dr. Fream found in his turf 21 per cent, of white clover, 
but no weeds. 
7. Little Marston, Sherborne, Dorset : Mr. J. P. Oat way. — 
I visited this pasture on July 17, and was shown over the field by 
Mr. Oatway, who farms it. The soil was a stiff clay. The field 
had been hayed, and the aftermath was fed off, the stock being 
supplied with some corn in addition. There was a good bottom 
of white clover, which made little show, and some mixture of 
red clover, which was more visible. A good deal of buttercup 
was present. The predominant grasses were Yorkshire fog and 
meadow barley-grass, then came dogstail and sweet vernal, with 
still less of florin and yellow oat-grass. I observed not a few 
plants of black bent (Alopecurus agrestis) scattered throughout 
the field. 
The plot was cut in the end of July, and was found to be 
composed of the following plants : — 
The enclosed plot | The turf 
Yorkshire fog, IIolcus lanat.us . , 
Meadow barley-grass, Hordeum pratense 
Sweet vernal, Anthoxantkum odoratum 
Dogstail, Cynosurus cristatus . 
Fiorin, Ayrostis alba . . 
Rye-grass, Lolium perenne . . 
Foxtail, Alopecurus pratensis 
Timothy, Thleum pratense . 
lied clover, Trifulium pratense 
Buttercup, Ranunculus acris 
Analysis 
Analysis of the 
of all the 
gramineous 
herbage 
herbage 
Dr. Freani 
. 30 
34 
9 
. 23 
26 
. 20 
22 
. 14 
16 
2 
2 
2 
8 
77 
3 
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Dr. Fream found only traces of white clover, and of mouse- 
ear duckweed and buttercup ; the herbage in his turf was practi- 
cally all grass. 
8. Market Harhorongh : Mr. E. K. Fisher. — I visited the 
field belonging to Mr. Fisher on July 1. It was being pastured 
by sheep. The herbage consisted chiefly of rye-grass, with con- 
siderable quantities of meadow barley-grass and dogstail, and 
lesser amount of yellow oat-grass, with a very few scattered 
plants of cocksfoot, Yorkshire fog, rough-stalked meadow- 
grass, and fiorin. There appeared to be about 30 per cent, of 
