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Table LXXXI.—Number of Species. Percentage, Quantity per Acre, &c., of each 
Species, by a Mixture supplying the Ash-constituents, and the Nitrogen, of 
1 ton of Hay; Plot 18. 
Number of species, ar.d 
Increase + or decrease 
proportion per cent. 
«c£ua,iiLiiy per 
compared with Plot 3 
1867. 
1872. 
1877. 
1 Mean, 
1867. 
1872. 
1877. 
J Mean. 
1867. 
1872. 
| 1877. 
Mean. 
Number op Species. 
Graminese. 
15 
18 
14 
16 
0 
+ 1 
- 3 
0 
Leguminosae. 
4 
4 
4 
4 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Other Orders. 
21 
22 
21 
21 
... 
-3 
-6 
-10 
— 7 
Total. 
40 
44 
39 
41 
-3 
-5 
-13 
-7 
GBAMINEiE. 
p. c. 
p. c. 
p. c. 
p. c. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
Antlioxanthum odoratum. 
4-94 
7-11 
8-64 
6-89 
214-0 
265-9 
388-8 
289-6 
— 
74-5 
+ 
180-4 
+ 
267-8 
+ 
124-6 
Agrostis vulgaris. . . . 
7-29 
21-95 
16-40 
15-21 
315-8 
820-9 
738-0 
624-9 
+ 
28-3 
+ 
555-6 
+ 
424-1 
+ 
336-0 
Holcus Ianatus .... 
12-78 
7-32 
17-45 
12-52 
553"6 
273-8 
785-2 
537-5 
+ 
288-1 
+ 
214-6 
+ 
488-5 
+ 
330-3 
Avena pnbescens. . . . 
2-87 
2-58 
1-94 
2-46 
124-3 
96-5 
87-3 
102-7 
+ 
22-0 
+ 
38-1 
+ 
23-7 
+ 
27-9 
A vena flavescens. . . . 
3-42 
5'75 
3-12 
4-09 
148-1 
215-1 
140-4 
167-9 
+ 
86-1 
+ 
157-7 
+ 
114-9 
+ 
119-6 
Poa trivialis. 
4-83 
2-92 
2-80 
3-52 
209-2 
109-2 
126-0 
148-1 
+ 
170-2 
+ 
101-0 
+ 
112-8 
+ 
128-0 
Dactylis glomerata . . . 
1-79 
1-20 
1-28 
1-42 
77’5 
44-9 
57-6 
60-0 
+ 
19-5 
+ 
30-1 
+ 
41-0 
+ 
30-2 
Festuca ovina. 
7-05 
23-76 
24-65 
18-49 
305-4 
888-5 
1109-2 
767-7 
— 
2011 
+ 
532-3 
+ 
591-7 
+ 
307-6 
Folium perenne .... 
515 
3-37 
6-45 
4-99 
223-1 
126-0 
290-2 
213-1 
+ 
88-8 
+ 
87-0 
+ 
182-6 
+ 
119-5 
f Alopecurus pratensis, PhleunT 
None 
pratense, Aira caespitosa, Avena 
yielding 
1 
elatior, Poa pratensis, Briza 
media, Cynosuras cristatus, 
2-23 
4-04 
1-45 
2-59 
96-8 
151-2 
65-4 
104-5 
- 
138-5 
+ 
15-1 
- 
140-3 
- 
87-9 
per cent. 
Festuca pratensis, Bromus 
L mollis. J 
Absent.- 
-Festuca loliacea. 
• •• 
— 
0-7 
— 
0-2 
Undetermined (chiefly Graminese) 
3 : ii 
6-80 
1 : 30 
134-8 
29-9 
54-9 
- 
69-7 
— 
*18" 8 
... 
— 
29-5 
Total. 
55-46 
80-80 
84-18 
73-48 
2402-6 
3021-9 
3788-1 
3070-9 
+ 
219-2 
+ 1893-1 
+2106-1 
+ 1406-1 
Leguminosai. 
Trifolium repens. 
0-42 
0-58 
0-03 
0-34 
18-2 
21-7 
1-4 
13-8 
+ 
11-2 
+ 
15-5 
_ 
1-7 
+ 
8-4 
Trifolium pratense . . . , 
3-05 
0-54 
0-20 
1-27 
132-1 
20-2 
9-0 
53-8 
+ 
61-8 
— 
7-4 
— 
40-4 
+ 
4-7 
Lotus corniculatus . . . , 
0-71 
1-38 
0-26 
0-78 
30-7 
51-6 
11-7 
31-3 
— 
47-6 
— 
46-1 
— 
81-7 
— 
58-5 
Lathyrus pratensis . . . 
0-83 
1-07 
1-50 
1-13 
.36-0 
40-0 
67-5 
47-8 
4- 
13-3 
+ 
23-9 
11-5 
+ 
16-2 
Total. 
5-01 
3-57 
1-99 
3-52 
217-0 
133-5 
89-6 
146-7 
+ 
38-7 
- 
141 
- 
112-3 
- 
29-2 
Other Orders. 
Ranunculus repens et bul-) 
bosus.J 
> 
5-73 
3-11 
2-56 
3-80 
248-2 
116-3 
115-2 
159‘9 
+ 
181-2 
+ 
68-0 
+ 
33‘6 
+ 
94-3 
Conopodium denudatum . 
Achillea Millefolium . . 
3-69 
2-42 
3-18 
3-09 
159-9 
90-5 
143-0 
131-2 
+ 
61-6 
+ 
43-7 
+ 
98-1 
+ 
67-9 
0-76 
4-06 
1-32 
2-04 
32-9 
151-8 
59’4 
81-4 
— 
5*8 
+ 
122-5 
+ 
12-4 
+ 
43-1 
Plantago lanceolata. . . 
2-79 
0-04 
0-05 
0-96 
120-9 
1-5 
2-2 
41-5 
— 
236-6 
— 
42-2 
— 
72-5 
— 
117-1 
Bumex Acetosa .... 
24-33 
1-97 
4"66 
10-32 
1054-0 
73-7 
209-7 
445-8 
+ 
995*3 
+ 
44-6 
+ 
165-5 
+ 
401-8 
Luzula campestris . . . 
(-"Ranunculus acris, Stellaria gra-' 
0-44 
1-72 
0-04 
0-73 
19-1 
64-3 
1-8 
28-4 
101*2 
+ 
8-1 
40-1 
* 
44-4 
minea, Cerastium triviale, Po- 
tentilla reptans, Pimpinella 
None 
yielding 
1 
per cent. 
Saxifraga, Hcracleum Sphon- 
dylium, Galium verum, G. 
Aparine, Centaurea nigra, 
Carduus arvensis, Beilis per- 
ennis, Chrysanthemum Leucan- 
themum, Tragopogon pratensis, 
Taraxacum officinale, Hieracium 
Pilosella, Veronica Chamsedrys, 
Prunella vulgaris, Scilla nutans, 
Carex praecox, Hypnum sqar- 
1-79 
, 2-31 
2-02 
2-06 
77*4 
86-5 
91-0 
84-9 
- 
123-8 
+ 
1-8 
+ 
2-9 
- 
39-8 
rosum, H. hians, H. rutabulum , 
1 
fAgrimonia Eupatoria, Poterium'i 
Absent “j 
\ 
| Sanguisorba, Scabiosa arvensis, 
Leontodon hispidus, Thymus 
L Serpyllum, Ajuga reptans; . . ,, 
1 
... 
... 
... 
... 
28-6 
" 
29-6 
57-8 
38-7 
Total . ... . 
39-53 
15-63 
13-83 
23-00 
1712-4 
584-6 
622-3 
973-1 
+ 
742-1 
+ 217*0 
+ 
142-2 
+ 
367-1 
Summary. 
Graminese **•*.•« 
55-46 
80-80 
84'18 
73-48 
2402-6 
3021-9 
3788-1 
3070*9 
+ 
219-2 
+ 1893-1 
+ 2106-1 
+ 1406-1 
Leguminosae ..... 
Other Orders . . . . . 
5-01 
39-53 
3-57 
15-63 
1-99 
13-83 
3*62 
23“00 
217-0 
1712-4 
133-5 
584-6 
89-6 
622-3 
146-7 
973-1 
+ 
+ 
38:7 
742-1 
+ 
141 
217-0 
+ 
112‘3 
142-2 
+ 
29'2 
367-1 
Total. 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
4332 
3740 
4500 
4190 
+ 1000 
+ 2096 
+2136 | 
+ 1744 
