374 
Tlie Herbage of Tadwrw, 
no root-fibres could be seen on the lower face. The soil was a loose, friable 
loam of light chocolate colour. Cut on July 15, the herbage yielded : — ■ 
Gramineous herbage, 88 ] Leguminous, 1 | Miscellaneous, 11. 
The leguminous herbage was made up of Trifolium repens, and the sole 
miscellaneous species was a coarse, heavy plant of Carduus. 
The grasses were thus constituted : — 
Lolium perenne 66 Arena flavescens j 
Agrostis sp 17 Holcus lanatus ,- 2 
Dactylis glomerata 6 Poa trivialis j 
PLleum pratense ..... 4 Undetermined 3 
Cynosurus cristatus .... 2 
The Agrostis was mostly A. stolonifera. 
No. 50. — This specimen came from tbe " teart, - ' or '"tart*' land at II- 
chester, so called because animals grazed upon it soon begin to scour. A 
comparison of the botanical analysis of this with that of the preceding 
turf is very instructive. 
This '"tart'' turf, cut on July 16, yielded on separation a result which 
can only be expressed as follows : — ■ 
Gramineous herbage, 100 | Leguminous, a trace | Miscellaneous, a trace. 
Excepting for very insignificant quantities of Trifolium repens, Cerastium 
triviale, and Ranunculus, the herbage was exclusively grassy. The grami- 
neous components were, on separation, found to be : — 
Lolium perenne 43 Avena flavescens 1 
Holcus lanatus 20 
Dactylis glomerata .... 13 
Bromus mollia 8 
Agrostis sp -7 
Poa trivialis 
Festuca loliacea r . 
Festuca ovina et var. j 
Undetermined . . . 
No. 51. — As my experiments were conducted in South Hants, though 
within a mile of the border of South Wilts, I deemed it desirable to fence 
off a small portion of the best old pasture on the farm, and subsequently to 
cut from the middle of it the herbage covering an area of 2 square feet. 
Hampshire is not a county notorious for the high quality of its pasturage, 
but the field called the " Paddock,' - from which the sample was taken, has 
been in grass beyond the memory of man, and it is never mown, but is largely 
grazed by young stock. The herbage was cut on July 30, and yielded : — 
Gramineous herbage, 90 j Leguminous, 1 | Miscellaneous, 9. 
The leguminous herbage was Trifolium repens, with a trace of Trifolium 
pratense. The miscellaneous herbage was chiefly Achillea Millefolium, with 
very small quantities of Plantigo lanceolate, Leontodon, Cerastium, Ranun- 
culus, and names Acetosa. The grasses separated into : — 
Agrostis sp 46 
Lolium perenne 36 
Phleum pratense 5 
Holcus lanatus 4 
Festuca ovina et var 2 
Cynosurus cristatus . . 
Avena flavescens . . . 
Anthoxanthum odoratum 
Poa trivialis 
Undetermined . . . 
No. 52. — A turf sent by Mr. R. Cresswell Ward, Neasham Hill, Darlington, 
from a field on his own estate that has been in grass for about a century. It has 
been mown for the lost ten years, and has received liberal manuring. The 
