The Herbage of Old Grass Lands. 
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resting on a pale adhesive clay. The herbage was cut on July 21, 
and was composed as follows : — 
Gramineous herbage 95 
Leguminous herbage . . . . , . . 3 • 100 
Miscellaneous herbage . . . . . , .2, 
The grasses proper aflforded the following percentages : — ■ 
Lolium perenne . . , . , . . , 88\ 
Agrostis sp. . . • . . , . , . ,7 
Holcus lanatus 4 
Cynosurus cristatus ^ }-100 
Alopecurus pratensis 
Poa trivialis 
Festuca ovina et var. 
The leguminous herbage consisted of small quantities of Trifo- 
lium repens, Ti'ifolium pratense, and Lathyrus pratensis. Such 
miscellaneous herbage as was present consisted of Ranunculus 
acris. 
No. 22. — A turf from Webb's Meadows, Longleat, Wilts. 
This was drawn from grass land at least sixteen years old, which 
has the reputation of being the best butter-making pasture on 
the estate. Mr. Fry says the dairymaid can tell when the cows 
are in this pasture, there being more cream and a different 
flavour to the butter. When this land is mown the hay requires 
a great deal of drying. The specimen presented the appearance 
of a light-brown friable loam. The herbage, cut on July 24, 
yielded : — 
Gramineous herbage 
The grasses were composed as follows :- 
Festuca ovina et var. . . . . 
Festuca pratensis 
Anthoxanthum odoratum ^ 
Cynosurus cristatus J 
45 
3 
■100 
52; 
57^ 
15 
11 
10 
■100 
The leguminous herbage consisted of Trifoliiim pratense and 
Lotus corniculatus. Six-sevenths of the miscellaneous herbage 
was Plantago lanceolata, the remainder being Rumex Acetosa, 
Prunella vulgaris, Ranunculus bulbosus, and Cerastium triviale. 
During growth, the herbage of this plot was seen to be of a very 
heterogeneous character. 
No. 23. — A turf from St. Alger's Farm, Woodlands, near 
Frome, Somerset— the' Selwood Forest district. The sample 
was drawn from a .celebrated Cheddar cheese pasture. It used 
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