ON THE MIXED HERBAGE OF PERMANENT MEADOW. 
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Agrostis vulgaris . 
This is a very variable, tufted grass, emitting numerous stems, which creep along 
the surface of the ground, and produce roots and shoots at the nodes. The roots are 
exceedingly fine, much branched, and descend to a depth of 4 to 5 feet, but they also 
form a mat just beneath the surface. The root hairs are very abundant in damp 
situations, forming a dense white cobweb-like mass. The culms are slender, ascending, 
rooting at the base. The leaves are flat, narrow, and ascending. It flowers late in 
June and in July, and generally a second time in the autumn, and yields an abundant 
aftermath. 
The characters favourable to its development are its hardiness and comparative 
indifference to the nature of the soil, its tufted habit, creeping, stems and stolons, 
which enable it to extend itself, also its minutely branched roots, which gain extensive 
possession of the upper and richer layers of the soil. 
The following table indicates its predominance on the various plots. 
Table XXXIX.—Relative predominance of Agrostis vulgaris. 
Agrostis vulgaris 
Was First, Second, or Third, 
Yielded 5 per cent, and over, 
among the total Grasses, as under. 
to the total Mixed Herbage, as under. 
1862. 
1867. 
1872. 
1877. 
1862. 
1867. 
1872. 
1877. 
r i . . . 
1 
1 
6-45 
20-77 
23-53 
2 . . .. 
, . 
, , 
2 
1 
, . 
, , 
11-02 
17-97 
3 . . . 
2 
3 
2 
2 
11-36 
8-63 
16-14 
13-28 
4-1 . . 
, * 
2 
3 
7-21 
6-08 
13-88 
9-87 
4-2 . . 
1 
3 
2 
2 
19-38 
14-00 
20-59 
24-39 
5 . . . 
1 
2 
2 
2 
24-30 
20-97 
26-62 
29-46 
6 . . . 
1 
2 
2 
3 
21-43 
14*41 
23-37 
8-58 
7 . . . 
3 
3 
2 
3 
7-14 
5-69 
11-72 
12-02 
8 . . . 
2 
2 
3 
10-01 
, ¥ 
9-32 
12-40 
9 . . . 
1 
2 
2 
. , 
12-81 
13-43 
15-46 
12-23 
Plots < 
10 . . . 
4 , 
, , 
3 
3 
9-37 
8-61 
1417 
16-29 
11-1 . . 
3 
2 
2 
1 
18-81 
19-27 
13-56 
29-20 
11-2 . . 
2 
2 
* , 
, . 
13T7 
24-16 
10-16 
17-09 
12 . . . 
3 
. . 
2 
2 
9-43 
5-55 
11-13 
13-29 
13 . . . 
2 
1 
2 
2 
12*02 
20-35 
13-44 
13-40 
15 . . . 
2 
3 
3 
7-65 
6-86 
7"66 
12-90 
16 . . . 
2 
2 
3 
2 
12-49 
13-62 
12-40 
14-58 
17 . . . 
2 
, , 
3 
1 
11-01 
7-05 
10-60 
17-92 
18 . . . 
— 
2 
2 
3 
— 
7-29 
21-95 
16-40 
19 . . . 
— 
— 
2 
3 
— 
— 
25-56 
10-83 
l20 . . . 
— 
— 
1 
3 
— 
— 
31-35 
10-36 
1 First . . 
4 
1 
2 
4 
) 
Total < 
Second . 
7 
7 
14 
6 
- 16 
17 
21 
21 
1 
1 Third . . 
3 
3 
4 
9 
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