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Th6 Herbage of Old Grass Lands. 
Lincolnshire. It was cut from one of the best cattle-feeding 
pastures of the district — Mr. Epton's, of Northolme — and the 
sample presented the appearance of a rich brown friable loam, 
Mr. C. H. Hooper writes that the pasture from which the sample 
was taken is three miles from the Wash, lying upon an alluvial 
soil, between marsh and fen. The land becomes mossy in places, 
and is occasionally undulating, but mostly flat. This plot was 
cut on July 16, and a botanical analysis of the herbage gave the 
following percentage results : — 
Gramineous herbage . . . . . . .751 
Leguminous herbage . . ... . . .11 >100 
Miscellaneous herbage . . . . . . 14 J 
The gramineous herbage was thus made up : — 
Lolium perenne . , . . . . . . 67 
Dactylis glomerata ....... 20^ 
Bromus mollis 
Holcus lanatus ^ 
Cynosurus eristatus > 
Agrostis sp. J 
Avena flavescensl 
Poa trivialis ^ , 
Festuca ovina J 
100 
The leguminous herbage was all Trifolium repens, whilst three- 
fourths of the weeds consisted of Cerastium triviale, the re- 
mainder being chiefly Rumex Acetosa. 
No. 2. — A turf sent by Mr. George Button, of Tenterden, 
Kent. The land from which it was taken is situated in the 
parish of Tenterden, and the sample had the appearance of a 
stiff" plastic moist clay, of a yellowish -brown or ferruginous 
colour. It is probably marine alluvium, and the pasture 
possesses good feeding, though not fattening, properties. The 
herbage, cut on July 21, yielded the following results : — 
Gramineous herbage 90 ~] 
Leguminous herbage ....... 8 >-100 
Miscellaneous herbage 2 J 
The grasses were made up as follows : — 
Lolium perenne ...... t . 80\ 
Cynosurus eristatus 
Phleum pratense , 
Agrostis sp. 1 [100 
Alopecurus pratensis { 
Ilordeum pratense ('•••••• 
IIolcus lanatus J 
It is obvious that this was a very pure or " grassy " herbage. 
The small proportion of leguminous plants consisted entirely of 
Trifolium repens, and the really insignificant amount of weeds 
