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r he iTzrlage of Pasture?. 
No. 43. — A turf S3nt by Mr. W. Ernest Evans, School Gardens, Shrews^- 
bury. It was cut from one of the best pastures in the Severn Valley, situated 
at Sutton Farm, Meole, near Shrewsbury, the property of Lord Berwick. 
There is no record of its having been mown within the memory of man. 
This turf was ten inches deep, and there was no trace of rootlets on the 
lower face. The soil was a dull, reddish-brown loam, slightly clayey at 
the surface. Cut on July 18, the turf yielded: — 
Gramineous herbage, 75 ] Leguminous, 2 j Miscellaneous, 23. 
The leguminous herbage was made up of Trifolium repens, with a trace 
of Trifolium pratense. Three-fourths of the miscellaneous herbage consisted 
of Achillea Millefolium, the remainder being Plantago lanceolata and a 
fragment of Ranunculus. The grasses gave on separation : — 
Cynosurus cristatus . . 
Anthoxanthum odoratum 
Festuca ovina et var. ~1 
Poa trivialis J ' 
Undetermined . . . 
Lolium perenne 48 
Holcus lanatus 34 
Agrostis sp 6 
Dactylis glomerata 4 
Alopecurus pratensis .... 1 
Avena flavescens 1 I 
Agrostis vulgaris and A. stolonifera were both present. 
No. 44. — For this and the next four specimens I am indebted to Messrs. 
Edward Webb & Sons, of Wordsley, Stourbridge. They were, through some 
misunderstanding, cut less than three inches deep ; in fact, they w?re cut in 
the way turf is usually pared for transplanting or laying down again. How- 
ever, I decided to use them, and the results are certainly interesting. 
This specimen came from Mr. Evan Bebb, of Gravel Hill Farm, Shrews- 
bury, and was dug from one of his pastures which has been down at least 
fifty years. The soil was a clay loam. Cut on July 23, the turf yielded : — 
Gramineous herbage, 79 ] Leguminous, 3 | Miscellaneous, 18. 
The leguminous herbage was nearly all Trifolium pratense, with a trace 
of Trifolium repens. Most of the miscellaneous herbage consisted of Rumex 
Acetosa, but there were also present Curastium triviale, Plantago lanceolata, 
Rhinanthus Crista-Galli, and Ranunculus a'cris. The grasses yielded : — 
Lolium perenne 55 
Dactylis glomerata 17 
Holcus lanatus 14 
Agrostis sp 4 
Avena flavescens "2 
Alopecurus pratensis .... 2 
Festuca ovina et var. . . 
Cynosurus cristatus . . 
Anthoxanthum odoratum 
Bromus mollis 
Poa trivialis 
Undetermined . . . 
No. 45. — This also came from Gravel Hill Farm, off a good old pasture, 
differing from the preceding one in that it is liable to occasional flooding 
from the overflow of the Severn. The turf, mown on July 23, yielded : — 
Gramineous herbage, 71 | Leguminous, 'J | Miscellaneous, 20. 
Trifolium repens constituted the whole of the leguminous herbage; whilst 
the miscellaneous herbage was nearly all Rumex Acetosa, with a little 
Ranunculus acris. The gramineous ingredients were : — 
Lolium perenne 51 I Festuca ovina et var. "| 
Agrostis sp 34 Avena flavescens 
Holcus lanatus 7 Poa sp. > . 2 
Cynosurus cristatus 
Anthoxanthtiiu odoratum j 
Undetermined 0 
