104 Qhserrations and Experiments on some English Pasture*. 
10. Goorshill, Tenterden, Kent: Mr. George Button. — I visited 
this field, on the farm of Mrs. Button, on June 19. It was 
in hay. The soil was a stiff, yellowish clay, full of roots. The 
herbage of the field consisted mainly of dogstail, with a con- 
siderable show of Yorkshire fog ; then the following grasses, 
which I give in the order of their abundance : Fiorin, rye-grass, 
yellow oat-grass, foxtail, sweet vernal, and smooth-stalked 
meado.v-grass. There was a good deal of yellow suckling 
clover, and some red clover. The weeds consisted of sorrel, 
buttercup, and daisy. 
The pastures all along the eight miles' drive from Headcorn 
(the station on the South-Eastern Railway) was very light, and 
appeared at this time to consist mainly of dogstail, Yorkshire 
fog, rye-grass, and fiorin. A field lately laid down on Mrs. 
Button's farm contained a considerable quantity of cocksfoot and 
foxtail — grasses most rare in the district. Another field, which 
had lately been allowed to lay itself down, had nothing but couch- 
grass (Triticum repens) and weeds; and a third field, which had 
been allowed to lay itself down six years previously, was now 
covered with dogstail, Yorkshire fog, and fiorin. 
The enclosed plot was cut on July 12. and consisted of the 
following plants : — 
The enclosed p!ct | The turf 
Dogstail, Cynosurvs eridatus 
Fiorin, Agrostis alba .... 
Meadow barley-grass, Hordeum proteose 
Yorkshire fog, Holcus lanatus 
Foxtail, Alopecuna pratensu 
Rye-grass, Lolium perenne . 
Yellow oat -grass, Acena flavescens 
Timothy, Phleum protease . . 
Red clover, Trifolium proteose 
Yellow suckling clover, 'frifolium minus 
"Weeds 
Analysis 
of all the 
herbage 
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28 
16 
11 
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Analysis of (he 
Dr. Fream 
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The great quantity of fiorin is the most remarkable peculi- 
arity of this pasture. The weeds consisted chiefly of butter- 
cup (Ranunculus aeris), mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium trit iale), 
bugle (Ajaga reptan$\ and sheep sorrel (Rumex Acetosella). 
Dr. Fream found in his turf S per cent, of white clover, 
2 per cent, of miscellaneous herbage — chiefly mouse-ear chick- 
weed — but some buttercup as well. 
11. St. Alger's Farm, Woodlands. Somerset : Mr. 1L P. Jones. — 
