0N THE MIXED HERBAGE OP PERMANENT MEADOW. 
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in which its thin stems and folded leaves push themselves up between other plants, also 
confers an advantage on this plant. 
The following table shows its relative degree of prominence. 
Table LYII. — Relative predominance of Conopodium denudatum. 
Conopodium denudatum 
Was First, Second, or Third, 
among the total Miscellanese, as under. 
1862. 
1867. 
1872. 
1877. 
1862. 
1867. 
1872. 
1877. 
r 1 . . . 
3 
3 
2 
3 
3 
. . 
. . 
. . 
3 . ! . 
, , 
f . 
3 
. . 
4-2 . . 
. , 
2 
, , 
5 . . . 
3 
2 
, L 
3 
574 
6 . . . 
t • 
2 
3 
♦ 
7-87 
7 . . . 
2 
1 
3 
2 
9 22 
8 . . . 
2 
2 
, . 
, _ 
6 84 
9 . . . 
2 
2 
2 
2 
9*35 
Plots - 
10 . . . 
2 
2 
, , 
., 
, . 
11-1 . . 
2 
2 
2 
3 
. . 
11-2 . . 
2 
2 
2 
3 
. . 
12 . . . 
2 
' , 
2 
5-42 
13 . . . 
3 
1 
2 
2 
8*04 
14 . . . 
2 
1 
2 
4 , 
, . 
16 . . . 
3 
2 
1 
, , 
18 . . . 
— 
3 
3 
2 
— 
, . 
19 . . . 
— 
— 
2 
1 
— 
— 
_20 . . . 
— 
— 
2 
2 
— 
*- - 
f First . . 
0 
3 
1 
1 
1 
Total < 
. Second . 
7 
10 
7 
6 
> 0 
7 
0 
0 
L Third . . 
5 
3 
4 
3 
J 
Yielded 5 per cent., and over, 
to the total mixed Herbage, as unde*-. 
It is seen from this table that Conopodium denudatum, perhaps owing partly to the 
relative delicacy of its foliage, and partly to its early ripening and loss of seed before 
cutting, very seldom came first in predominance by weight among the total miscel¬ 
laneous herbage. In 1862 it was second on seven, and third on five plots; in 1867 it 
was three times first, ten times second, and three times third; in 1872 it was once 
first, seven times second, and four times third; and in 1877 it was once first, six times 
second, and three times third. Thus, although it was very seldom first, it was very 
frequently second, and rather frequently third. 
Yet only in the second separation-year, when the cold spring checked the grasses, 
did the amount ever reach 5 per cent, of the total produce, but then it did so on seven 
plots. The only plots upon which it was neither first, second, nor third, nor yielded 
5 per cent, to the produce in either separation-year, were plot 4-1 (superphosphate of 
lime alone), plot 15 (with the larger quantity of nitrate of soda alone), and plot 17 
(with the smaller quantity of nitrate of soda alone). 
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