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The Herbage of Pastures. 
Lolium perenne 
Agrostis sp. . 
Foa trivialis . 
29 Holcus lanatu9 . . . . 
27 Anthoxanthum odoratum 
16 Undetermined . . . 
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No. 66. — A turf sent by Sir Geo. Macpherson Grant, Bart., The Castle, 
Ballindalloch, Morayshire. It was eight and a half inches deep, and pre- 
sented the appearance of a dark grey, sandy loam. No trace of rootlets was 
discernible on the under face. It grew a very grassy herbage, which was, 
however, plentifully interspersed with Cerastium triviale. Cut on July 6, 
the herbage yielded, on proximate analysis: — 
Gramineous herbage, 90 | Leguminous, 2 | Miscellaneous, 8. 
The small quantity of leguminous herbage was made up entirely of 
Trifolium repens. The miscellaneous herbage was mostly Cerastium triviale, 
with a trace of Ranunculus repens. The gramineous herbage yielded : — 
IIolcus lanatus 80 Cynosurus cristatus .... 4 
Lolium perenne 26 Poa trivialis 2 
Agrostis sp 24 I Undetermined 7 
Alopecurus pratensis .... 7 | 
No. 67.— A turf sent by Mr. Lewis Beaton, the Home Farm, Cullen 
House, Cullen, Banffshire, from a pasture twenty-three years old, on the 
Countess of Seaforth's estate. It was dug nine inches deep, and consisted of 
a black, micaceous, sandy loam, with fragments of micaceous sandstone. No 
rootlets could be seen on the deep face. The herbage, cut on July 4, con- 
sisted of : — 
Gramineous herbage, G7 | Leguminous, 33 [ Miscellaneous, 0. 
The leguminous herbage, which made up just one-third of the whole, was 
all Trifolium repens. The gramineous herbage was remarkable for the 
small number of species entering into it : — 
Poa trivialis 60 I Holcus lanatus 5 
The Agrostis crept out conspicuously upon the bare soil around the turf. 
No. 68. — A turf sent by Mr. W. H. Lumsden, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, 
who writes: — - 
" It was taken from a field which has been in grass for nine years, 
and always pastured. The field is one of deep mould, and lies exposed 
to the sea, and about one mile, or rather less, from it." 
The turf was nine inches deep, and the soil had the appearance of a dirty 
brown, stony, plastic clay. There was no trace of rootlets on the deep face. 
Cut on July 3, the turf yielded : — 
Gramineous herbage, 41 | Leguminous, a trace | Miscellaneous, 59. 
Of leguminous herbage, nothing save a solitary leaf of Trifolium repens 
was detected. The miscellaneous herbage was made up entirely of Ranun- 
culus repens, which crept out in a very characteristic manner on every side 
of the turf. The gramineous herbage was thus made up : — 
Lolium perenne 61 Agrostis stolonifera .... 2 
Dactylis glomerata .... 18 Poa annua a trace 
Poa trivialis 8 Undetermined 6 
Cynosurus cristatus .... 6 
Agrostis stolonifera 
Undetermined 
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