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auce of a ruddy brown, friable loam, very slightly plastic. There was no sign 
of rootlets on the deep face. Cut on July 15, the turf yielded : — 
Gramineous herbage, 56 | Leguminous, a trace | Miscellaneous, 44. 
The leguminous herbage was Trifolium repens. The miscellaneous 
herbage was characterised by a heavy mass of ILumex Acetosa, forming more 
than 40 per cent, of the weight of the entire herbage yielded by the turf. 
The rest was made up of Cerastium triviale, Lathyrus sylvestris, and frag- 
ments of species of Ranunculus, Luzula, and Carduus. The grasses were : — ■ 
Lolium perenne 40 
Agrostis sp 30 
Ilolcus lanatus 7 
Alopecurus pratensis .... 5 
Dactylis glomerata 3 
Both Agrostis vulgaris and A. stolonifera were present. 
Cynosurus cristatus .... 2 
Anthoxanthum odoratum 
Poa trivialis 
Festuca ovina et var. 
Undetermined . . . 
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No. 41. — A turf sent by Mr. Stephen Cawley, Priestlaud, Tarporley, 
Cheshire, from the estate of Lord Tollemache. The lajid has been in grass 
forty years at least, and it is occasionally mown, the last time being about six 
years ago. On that occasion it received a good dressing of farmyard manure, 
and it has since then had 7 cwt. boiled bones per acre. It grows young 
stock well, and cows milk well upon it. The specimen was nine inches deep, 
and no root-fibres were visible on the lower face. The soil had the appear- 
ance of a dark red loam, slightly sticky and stony, and becoming darker 
towards the top. The turf, cut on July 24, gave : — • 
Gramineous herbage, 76 | Leguminous, 5 I Miscellaneous, 19. 
Trifolium repens was the only leguminous species present. Plantago 
lanceolata constituted two-thirds of the miscellaneous herbage, the remainder 
being Rumex Acetosa, with a trace of Ranunculus bulbosus. The grasses 
were : — 
Lolium perenne 40 
Alopecurus pratensis . . . , 18 
Holcus lanatus 12 
Agrostis vulgaris fi 
Dactylis glomerat a 6 
Poa trivialis 2 
A vena flavescens 1 
Festuca ovina et var 1 
Cynosurus cristatus .... 1 
Undetermined 4 
No. 42. — A turf sent by the lion. Cecil T. Parker, Eaton Estate Office, 
Eccleston, Cheshire, from one of the best fields of Eaton Home Farm, on the 
estate of the Duke of Westminster. There is no record as to how long the 
pasture has been down, and it is used exclusively to graze dairy-cows. It 
18 occasionally mown, the last time being in 1888. The land has received 
5 Cwt. of bones to the acre twice within the last five years. The specimen 
was dug seven inches deep, but there was no sign of rootlets on the lower 
face. The soil was a dirty yellowish-brown clay, becoming darker towards 
the top; it was free from stones. This was a very grassy turf; cut on 
July 6, it yielded :— 
Gramineous herbage, 97 | Leguminous, 1 | Miscellaneous, 2. 
The leguminous herbage in this case was Trifolium pratense. The mis- 
cellaneous ingredients were Taraxacum, Plantago, and Ranunculus bulbosus. 
The grasses gave on separation : — 
Lolium perenne 
Agrostis stolonifera . . . . 15 
Holcus lanatus 3 
Phleum pratense 2 Undetermined 
b b 2 
Poa trivialis 1 
( Cynosurus cristatus .... 1 
Anthoxanthum odoratum . a trace 
