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mended by the late Mr. Faunce De Laune (Journal, 2nd Series, Yol. XVIII., 
1882, page 261), which contained no rye-grass. 
A full and interesting account of these experiments has been published 
by the Manchester and Liverpool Society to the end of the year 1891, in 
which it is stated that, from the observations made, the following general 
deductions may be drawn : — 
1. Italian rye-grass appears to be perennial to some small extent. The few 
plants still found after six years’ growth may, however, be seedlings from the 
old plants, and probably are so. 
2. Perennial rye-grass is distinctly permanent. 
3. Meadow fescue, perennial rye-grass, timothy grass, and crested dogstail 
make up the bulk of the grass herbage ; and meadow fescue appears to spread 
and retain its valuable character the best of any species. 
4. The heavy sowing of cocksfoot on most of the plots does not seem at 
all too much for this locality. In some similar experiments carried out at 
Lancaster, three pounds of seed was found to be almost too much. The 
quantity it is desirable to sow in any locality must be decided by observation 
and by individual experience. 
5. Hard fescue, sheep’s fescue, florin, and wood meadow grass appear to 
have died out in every instance. They would, therefore, seem to be useless in 
this locality. 
6. It is questionable whether much of the white clover now filling the 
bottom may not be the wild form of the plant existing in the land. 
7. Take it altogether, however, the majority of the plants sown have 
remained permanent, and the number of interlopers is extremely small. It 
may be added that in plot No. 4, Bird’s-foot trefoil has, from the first, proved 
itself a valuable plant. 
Mr. Roberts’s independent experiments on the growth of permanent 
pastures were carried out on one of several small paddocks which he has 
divided from the arable land adjoining the Well House for the conve- 
nience of the occupation, and which are now sheltered with a well- 
grown quick hedge, and used in the spring for the lambing of the ewes, 
and in the summer for his hacks and also for the poultry. Four small 
plots, about a fifth of an acre each, in one paddock were sown with the 
following four mixtures in the spring of 1890. The land was perfectly 
cleaned and the seeds were laid down with the oat crop in the usual 
way. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
In all 27 lb. per acre, costing 14s. 8d. 
1. — 8 lb. Italian Rye-grass. 
4 lb. Cocksfoot Grass. 
6 lb. Meadow Fescue. 
2 lb. Timothy Grass. 
In all 32 lb. per acre, costing 20s. 
4 lb. Meadow Foxtail. 
4 lb. White Clover (Dutch). 
4 lb. Tall Fescue. 
2. — 4 lb. Italian Rye-grass. 
6 lb. Cocksfoot Grass. 
5 lb. Meadow Fescue. 
2 lb. Timothy Grass. 
In all 28 lb. per acre, costing 20s. 
3 lb. Tall Fescue. 
4 lb. Meadow Foxtail. 
3 lb. White Clover (wild) 
1 lb. Alsike Clover. 
3. — 5 lb. Devonshire Evergreen 
Rye-grass. 
5 lb. Italian Rye-grass. 
4 lb. Meadow Foxtail. 
3 lb. Cocksfoot Grass. 
2 lb. Tall Fescue. 
3 lb. Meadow Fescue. 
3 lb. Timothy Grass. 
2 lb. White Clover (Dutch). 
