Report of the Consulting Botanist. 
711 
The third series of samples I examined twice, first the samples 
submitted by the merchant, and then samples drawn from the 
bulk supplied, the purchase of which was dependent on the 
analysis and trials being up to the standard specified in the 
guarantee. The following are the results of the lour independent 
examinations. 
Guarantee. 
First 
Second 
Third 
Fourth 
Trial. 
Trial. 
Trial. 
Trial. 
- 
90-95 
95 
94 
98 
96 
Tall Fescue 
80 
87 
91 
90 
87 
85-90 
85 
83 
92 
Eough Meadow Grass 
70 
55 
86 
88 
91 
Timothy 
95 
100 
99 
95 
99 
90 
92 
94 
92 
88 
90 
98 
95 
97 
95 
Foxtail 
70 
67 
67 
80 
75 
90-95 
99 
90 
98 
90-95 
95 
94 
98 
White Clover , 
90-95 
94 
100 
94 
75 
90 
81 
86 
83 
The guarantees given above are those for the samples in the 
third and fourth trials. The only variations in regard to the 
samples for the other trials were as follows : — For the first trial 
samples the meadow-fescue was guaranteed 90 per cent., the 
dogstail 85 to 90 per cent., and no guarantee was given with 
the yarrow, at least no guarantee was communicated to me ; for 
the second trial samples the meadow-fescue was guaranteed 
95 per cent., the hard fescue 85 per cent., the yarrow was 
guaranteed "good germination," and the three clovers 95 per' 
cent. 
The only real divergence from the guarantee was in the case 
of the sample of meadow-grass in the first series ; I am unable 
to account for this exception. Before giving the result of the 
year's work in my Annual Report, I will again test this sample, 
with the view of ascertaining the explanation. For the re- 
mainder of the samples it is obvious that the merchant or mer- 
chants, while guaranteeing a high germinating percentage, were 
supplying seeds of such ascertained quality that they were more 
than able to cover their high guarantee. 
VOL. XX. — S. S. 
