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The Herbage of Pasture*. 
The leguminous herbage was Trifolium repens, and the rather high pro- 
portion of the miscellaneous herbage was largely due to a big, succulent 
plant of Leontodon hispidu3, the remainder being Rumex Acetosa, Plantago 
lanceolata, Ranunculus acris, Conopodium denudatum, Cerastium triviale, 
with traces of Prunella vulgaris, Cardamine pratensis, and Luzula campestris. 
The grasses were thus made up :— 
Lolium pereime 80 
Holcus lanatus 9 
Cynosurus cristatus .... 2 
Poa trivialis 2 
Anthoxanthum odoratum] 
Avena fiavescens f • • 2 
Agrostis sp. J 
Dactylis glomerata .... a trace 
Undeteimined 5 
No. 28. — A turf sent by Mr. H. J. Swaffield, of Pilsbury, Hartington, 
Ashbourne, Derbyshire. It was dug from a pasture in the Valley of the 
Dove, resting on limestone at the foot of a steep high hill. It has not been 
ploughed for a century, if ever. During the last forty years it has been 
continuously pastured ; previously it was occasionally mown. It affords 
good grazing for cows and sheep, but does not always suit the latter, on 
account of the many small springs at the foot of the hill, from which water 
Hows over the pasture in very wet seasons. The turf was nine inches deep, 
and the soil had the appearance of a brown friable loam, somewhat stony ; no 
rootlets were visible on the deep face. The herbage, cut on July 22, yielded: — 
Gramineous herbage, 93 | Leguminous, a trace | Miscellaneous, 7. 
The herbage was thus of a highly grassy character, and only a very small 
quantity of Trifolium repens was discoverable. Rumex Acetosa and Ranun- 
culus sp. made up the miscellaneous ingredients. The grasses consisted of: — 
Lolium perenue 45 I Phleum pratense 4 
Agrostis sp It! ! Poa trivialis 2 
Alopecurus pratensis . ... 13 I Holcus lanatus 2 
Dactylis glomerata .... 9 A vena tlavesceus 1 
Festuea ovina et var 5 | Undetermined 3 
The Agrostis wa3 mostly A. stolonifera, with a little A. vulgaris. 
No. 29. — A turf sent by Mr. H. Scorer. Burwell, Loutb, Licolushire, from 
a good pasture always grazed by cattle. The turf, nine inches deep, showed 
no traces of rootlets on the lower face, and the soil was a reddkli-browu 
loam. Cut on July 15, the turf yielded: — 
Gramineous herbage, 98 | Leguminous, 1 | Miscellaneous, 1. 
Save for the presence of Trifolium repens and Ranunculus repens, the 
herbage was entirely of grass, which was thus made up: — 
Lolium perenne 72 I Avena ilavescens 2 
Agrostis sp 14 Poa trivialis 2 
Holcus lanatus 3 I Dactylis glomerata . .... 1 
Cynosurus cristatus .... 3 | Undetermined 3 
Both Agrostis vulgaris and A. stolonifera were present. 
No. 30. \ turf sent by Mr. Harry Horrell, Wrydecrofr, Thorney Fenj 
Cambridgeshire, from a well-known horse-rearing farm. It was dug from 
a Fen pasture of 24 acres, the high 'eeding character of which may bo judged 
