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miscellaneous herbage, seven-eighths was Rumex Acetosa, the 
residue being Plantago lanceolata, Centaurea nigra, Cerastium 
triviale, Bunium flexuosum, and Ranunculus. 
No. 10. — A turf from Mr. Robert E. Tucker, of Ashburton, 
Devon. This was a friable loam, and the herbage, cut on 
July 17, had the following percentage composition: — 
• Gramineous herbage . . . . . . . 78 ] 
Leguminous herbage . . . . . . . 6>100 
Miscellaneous herbage 16 J 
The grasses were composed thus : — 
Lolium perenne 82' 
Phleum pratense ....... 13 100 
Agrostis sp. t i .>«... 5. 
The leguminous herbage was Trifolium repens. Of the miscel- 
laneous herbage, five-sixths Avas Achillea Millefolium, and the 
remainder was made up of Rumex crispus (one plant only). 
No. 11. — A turf sent through Colonel Curtis-Hayward, of 
Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, who writes : " The sample is from 
Berkeley, cut from a meadow just below the castle ; it is rich 
graziug-land of the same description as the grazing-grounds at 
Slimbridge ; the soil is alluvial deposit from the Severn." In 
the specimen the soil was a dirty, yellowish-brown, plastic clay, 
becoming darker towards the surface. The herbage, cut on 
July 21, gave, on separation : — 
Gramineous herbage ....... 67 ] 
Leguminous herbage . . . . . . . 38 r 100 
Miscellaneous herbage 5) 
The grasses were thus made up : — 
Lolium perenne 83' 
Agrostis sp 15 
Dactylis glomerata"] 
Poa trivialis > ...... 2 
Holcus lanatus J 
100 
This wus a beautiful piece of pasture, the leguminous herbage 
consisting entirely of a rich bottom growth of Trifolium repens. 
The trivial percentage of miscellaneous herbage was made up 
of Ranunculus acris and Cerastium triviale. 
No. 12.— A turf sent by Mr. Robert McKerrow, of Carton, 
Land-steward to his Grace the Duke of Leinster. Mr. 
McKerrow writes : — 
" The turf was drawn from a meadow in county Kildare, with southerly 
exposure, and, as far as I can learn, is over seventy years old. The sub- 
Boil consists of deep, dry, brown loam, lying oji limestone rock. The 
meadow is covered with a close, firm, deep-rooted turf, free from fog. It 
grows a tich and luxuriant crop of sweet herbage, which stock eat closely 
