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Now there is no doubt that these lands would be 
improved under this management, provided the grass 
seeds would come to perfection ; but, unfortunately they 
decline, and eventually are eradicated by the indigenous 
we^ds of the soil. At Fenwick it takes twelve years 
to produce a tolerable swarth. The weeds are very 
numerous. Mr. Cooke, of Owston, has given me an 
incomplete catalogue of them, of which forty-six prevail 
in permanent pastures at Owston, and fourteen in their 
annual crops. 
Weeds in permanent pastures at Owston : — 
Achillea millefolium. 
Agrimonia Eupatoria. 
Ajuga reptans. 
Alchemilla vulgaris. 
Apargia liispida. 
Caltha palustris. 
Campanula rotundifolia. 
Cardamine pratensis. 
Carex palustris 
C pennula 
Centaurea nigra. 
Chlora perfoliata. 
Convolvulus sepium. 
Epilobium hirsutum. 
Erytliraea centaurium. 
Galeobdolon luteum. 
Galium aparine. 
Geranium Robertianum. 
Linnum album. 
Linum catharticum. 
Lotus corniculatus. 
Lychnis sylvatica. 
Lysimachia nemorum. 
vulgaris. 
Myosotis palustris. 
Orchis pyramidalis. 
conopsea. 
maculata. 
Plantago major. 
media. 
lanceolata. 
Primula veris. 
Prunella vulgaris. 
Ranunculus acris. 
ficaria. 
reptans. 
bulbosa. 
Reseda lutea. 
Sanguisorbia officinalis. 
Senecio .Jacobaea. 
Vicia cracca. 
Glechoma hederacea. 
Inula dysenterica. 
Juncus, effusus, glomeratus, 
acutiflorus. 
Lamium purpureum. 
Weeds in annual pastures at Owston : — 
Anagallis arvensis. Lychnis dioica. 
Bartsia odontiles. sylvatica. 
Convolvulus arvensis. Myosotis arvensis. 
Epilobium parviflorum. Ranunculus arvensis. 
Euphrasia officinalis. Rhinanthus crista-galli. 
Hypericum perforatum. Sonchus arv ensis. 
Alopecurus agrestis. Tussilago farfara. 
