Obt&n&lioni •Tiul JSaperimehts on some English Posture*. 105 
I visited this farm on July 17. The enclosed plot was in a 
small field. The pasture was full of weeds, but everything was 
eaten down very close by the cows, except the spots which were 
rejected because of their droppings. The great bulk of the pas- 
ture consisted of ribgrass, and with it was a considerable quantity 
of knapweed, ox-eye daisy, and black grass. There was a little 
clover — chiefly white clover, with some yellow suckling — and a 
little birdsfoot trefoil. The grasses were — dogstail in greatest 
abundance, then florin, Yorkshire fog, sweet venial, and rye- 
grass. 
The plot was cut on August 5. and on analysis proved to be 
composed of the following plants : — 
The enclosed p'.ot | The turf 
Dogstail, Cynosurus crktatus . . . 
Sweet vernal, Anthoxanthum odoratum 
Fiorin, &c, Af/rostis alba and A. vulgaris 
Rye-grass. Lolivm perenne, . 
Meadow fescue, Fe-ituca pmten&is . 
Yorkshire fog, Holcm tanajtut 
Sheep's fescue, Festu<;a ovioa 
AVhite clover, Trifolium repois. . 
Ribgrass, Plant ago lanceolata 
Weeds ...... 
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Analysis 
Analysis of tbe 
of all the 
gramineous 
herbage 
herbage 
Dr. Fream 
. 14 
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2 15 
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Dr. Fream found 52 per cent, of his turf consisted of mis- 
cellaneous herbage, six-sevenths of which was ribgrass, the 
remainder being sorrel, selfheal (Prunella vulgaris), buttercup 
(Ranimculus bulbosus), and mouse-ear chickweed. 
The turf which I have here contrasted with the pasture from 
St. Alger's Farm is that said to be from Webb's Farm (So. 22 — 
Journal, October, 1888, page 435). A comparison of the results 
of my examination of the pasture from St. Alger's with Dr. 
Fream's 22 and 23, makes it obvious that by some accident these 
two turfs have got interchanged. This has led to the ex- 
amination of a pasture in which Dr. Fream found only 10 per 
cent, of rye-grass, instead of one in which he makes the rye- 
grass amount to 86 per cent, of the grasses. 
12. North Curry, Taunton, Somerset : Mr. C. It. Morris. — I 
inspected this field on July 18, and was shown over it by 
Mr. Morris, jun. The soil was a rich, friable loam. It had been 
hayed, yielding two tons of hay per acre. The predominant 
plants in the field were cocksfoot and yarrow. In addition, I 
found fiorin, rye-grass, yellow oat-grass, and Yorkshire fog. 
