Indications of Fertility or Barrenness of Soils. 571 
Names of Plants, Heucs, Flower*, &c. and Natukal Guasses, whicli are Indica- 
tions of Barrenness wliere they have elected to grow spontaneously, and where the 
Grasses are observed to have usurped the greater portion of the surface. 
BoTASiCAr, Names. 
Asrimonia cupotoiia 
Apar^ia hispifUi , 
UcUii porciiui!) 
Bctonica ofTicinalis 
Campanula gliimcrata . 
Campanula rotunJi'olia, 
Carduus acanthoides 
aud others of the 
samt* tribe. 
Carcx pnrcox . 
Carex pulioaris 
English and Locai, Names. 
A'^rimony . 
Uough dandc'liuu 
Common daisy . 
Wood lietony . , 
Clustered bell flower, Can- 
terbury bells. 
Ilcalh bell-flower 
Prickliest thistle , . 
Early flowering rush . . 
Flea rush, Fiea sedge . . 
anil otliors of the same tribe, includin!; the famous 
carnation grass so much disliked by farmers 
Centauria calcitrapa 
('henopodiura album • 
Chrysanthemum leuean- 
thcmum. 
Clirysanthemiim segelum 
Cuicus arvensis 
Cnicus palustris , 
Crepis tectoi uni 
Digitalis purpiirei , 
Draba verna . 
Eric.i vulgaris 
Euphrasia ofTicinalis 
G.ilium verum . 
Glcchoma liederacea 
Gnaphalium Germanicum 
Hypocheeris glabra 
Ja:>ione montana . 
JuDCns campestris . 
and others of the 
same family. 
Ononis spinosa 
Onapordan vulgaris 
Plantago media • 
Potentilla ascriua . 
PolentiUa fragaria . 
Prim'.ila veris , 
I'rimula vulgaris . 
Rhenanthus Christi gall: 
llumex acetosella . 
S|iurtium scopatiiim 
Tussilago farlara , 
Tliymus seriiyllum 
lUex nanus . 
Verboscum nigrum 
Star kn:ipweed, bluebottle, 
and star thistle. 
White goosefoot . . 
Common ox-eye or greater 
daisy, moon fluwcr. 
Corn marygold, or yellow 
ox-eye, goulans. 
Creeping plume or cursed 
thistle. 
Marsh plume thistle . 
Smooth liawksbeard . . 
Foxglove .... 
Wliitlow-grass, nailwort , 
Common heath, ling, hetlier 
Common cyebright 
Yellow ladies' bed - straw, 
cheese rennet, yellow 
goose-grass. 
Ground-ivy, catsfoot, ale- 
hoof, tuuhoof. 
Common cudweed, chafe- 
weed. 
Smooth catsear . . , 
Hairy sheep-scabious, sca- 
bioU", sheep's-bit. 
Rush, sieve ... 
Cammock, petty whin, 
ground furze, rest harrow. 
Wild carline thistle 
Hoary plantain, lamb's let- 
tuce. 
.'^ilver weed . . . 
Barren straw bet ry . 
Cowslip .... 
rrimiose .... 
Yellow rattle, penny grass, 
eoxcoml), heui>euiiy. 
Sheep's sorrel, or docli 
Common broom . , 
Coltsfoot .... 
Wild thyme 
Fur/.e, gorse, whins 
lilack or sage-leaved mullein, 
elafs tail. 
OssERv.vi ioN's, Localities, &c. 
Dry sandy soil. 
Dry barren pastures. 
Grows on lands of a medium iinality. as 
well as on barren lands. In the l)e»t 
piistures it is prevented from appear- 
ing, because of the best and more 
powerful gras^cs usurping its place. 
Woods and shady places. 
Elevated chalk (tasturcs. 
Heaths, dry barren pastures. 
Corn-fields, banks, amongst rubbish. 
Wet heaths and poor meadows. 
Boggy meadows aud wet elevated places. 
Barren meadows. 
Injuriotts weed. 
Dry pastures and walls. 
Sandy soil. 
Injurious weed. 
AVet clayey ]>asturc'. 
M'alls, roofs, pastures. 
Dry, gravelly, and sandy soils. 
Walls, dry places. 
ITeaths, wooiis, eommons. 
Heaths. <hy barren meadows. 
Dry hilly pastures. 
Shady places. 
Barren meadows. 
Sandy, gravelly soils. 
Very dry situations, sandy barren fal- 
lows, pastures, meadows, aud heaths. 
W'et poor soil generally. 
Barren pastures. 
Dry meadows and pastures. 
Grows on good and bad soil, when in 
large quantities it prevents better herb- 
age from growing. 
I.ow places aud lands, w hich are sulijcct 
to winter floods- 
Dry, barren, stony places. 
Strung land, clayey soil. 
Wo. ids, thickets, .and heaths, clayey 
soils. 
Meadows and pastures. 
Sandy meadows, \'astures, gravel walks. 
Dry pastures. 
Moist, slitV, clayey soil, limestone rub- 
bish. 
He^jlhs, and barren elevated places. 
Barren commons. 
Sandy dry lands. 
