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MESSES. J. B. LAWES, J. H. GILBERT, AND M. T. MASTERS 
Table LXXIV.—Number of 
Species, Percentage, Quantity per Acre, &c., of 
including Potass, and 
Number of species, and proportion 
per cent. 
Quantity per acre. 
i 
1862. 
1867. 
1872. 
1877. 
Mean. 
1862. 
1867. 
1872. 
1877. 
Mean. 
Number oe Species. 
Gramine®. 
14 
14 
13 
11 
13 
Leguminos® .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
... 
■ •1 
Other Orders. 
7 
5 
3 
5 
5 
... 
Total. 
21 
19 
16 
16 
18 
... 
... 
... 
GrRAMINE®. 
p. c. 
p. c. 
p. c. 
p. c. 
p. c. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
Anthoxanthum odoratura. 
1-00 
o-io 
0-16 
0-17 
0-36 
71-2 
6-3 
11-5 
14-4 
25-8 
Alopecurus pratensis .. 
1-50 
6-33 
22-65 
20-11 
12-65 
106-8 
396-0 
1620-6 
1709-3 
958-2 
Agrostis vulgaris. 
18-81 
24-16 
10-16 
17-09 
17-55 
1339-3 
1511-4 
726-9 
1452-7 
1257-6 
Holcus lanatus. 
7-37 
4-79 
10-59 
19-48 
10-56 
524-7 
299-6 
757-7 
1655-8 
809-4 
Avena elatior ......... 
6-40 
4-83 
12-73 
21-14 
11-27 
455-7 
302-2 
910-8 
1796-9 
866-4 
Avena flavescens. 
3-42 
1-75 
0-41 
0-02 
1-40 
243-5 
109-5 
29-3 
1-7 
96-0 
Poa pratensis .. 
5-12 
10-38 
12-43 
4-50 
8-11 
364-5 
649-4 
889-4 
382-5 
571-5 
Poa trivialis .. 
17-04 
1-52 
0-81 
o-oi 
4-85 
1213-3 
95-1 
58-0 
0-9 
341-8 
Dactylis glomerata. 
23-34 
38-30 
27-23 
13-38 
25-56 
166P8 
2396-0 
1948-3 
1137-3 
1785-8 
Festuca ovina. 
0-66 
2-05 
0-30 
2-55 
1-39 
47-0 
128-2 
21-5 
216-7 
103-4 
Festnca pratensis. 
2-28 
0-06 
... 
0-57 
162-3 
3-8 
41-5 
Lolium perenne. 
1-46 
0-38 
0"16 
... 
0-50 
104-0 
23-8 
11-5 
... 
34-8 
None yielding C Phleum pratense, Aira csespitosa, Avena ) 
1 per cent. | puhescens, Bromus mollis . ... ) 
1-46 
0-08 
0-03 
o-oi 
0-40 
103-2 
5-0 
2-1 
0-9 
27-9 
.. ( Briza med’a, Cynosurus cristatus, Festuca) 
ADsent. | loliacea. J 
... 
... 
... 
... 
i.. 
... 
... 
Undetermined (chiefly Grainine®).... 
4-39 
0-94 
1-60 
... 
1-73 
312-6 
58-8 
114-5 
121-5 
Total.. 
94-24 
95-67 
99-26 
98-46 
96-90 
6709-9 
5985-1 
7102-1 
8369-1 
7041-6 
Leguminos.®. 
Trifolium repens, T. pratense, T. minus i 
Lotus corniculatus, Lathyrus pra- > 
tensis, Ononis arvensis. ) 
... 
... 
... 
... 
... 
Total. 
... 
... 
Other Orders. 
Conopodium denudatum. 
1-19 
0-70 
0-03 
o-oi 
0-48 
84-7 
43-8 
2-1 
0-8 
32-8 
Bumex Acetosa. 
4-08 
3-57 
0-70 
1-34 
2-41 
290-5 
223-4 
50-1 
113-9 
169-5 
None 
("Ranunculus repens et bulbosus, Pimpinella'i 
| Saxifraga, Heradeum Sphondylium, Galium 
yielding! 
1 per ] 
cent. 
Absent. ■ 
verum, Achillea Millefolium, Taraxacum j 
1 officinale, Luzula campestris, Carex pr®cox, | 
Hypnum squarrosura, H. rutabulum, H. hiansj 
'Ranunculus acris, Stellaria graminea, Cerastium'] 
triviale, Potentilla reptans, Agrimonia Eupa- 
toria, Poterium Sanguisorba, Galium Aparine, 
Scabiosa arvensis, Centaurea nigra, Beilis ! 
perennis, Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, 1 
Tragopogon pratensis, Leontodon hispidus, 
r 
0-49 
0-06 
o-oi 
0-19 
0-21 
34-9 
3-7 
0-7 
16-2 
13-9 
Hieracium Pilosella, Plantago lanceolata, 
Veronica Cliam®drys, Prunella vulgaris, 
Thymus Serpyllum, Ajuga reptans, Primula 
^ veris, Scilla nutans, Ophioglossum vulgatum J 
Total. 
5-76 
4-33 
0-74 
1-54 
3-10 
410-1 
270-9 
52-9 
130-9- 
216-2 
SUMMARY. 
Gramine®. 
94-24 
95-67 
99-26 
98-46 
96-90 
6709-9 
5985-1 
7102-1 
8369-1 
7041-6 
Leguminos®. 
... 
... 
Other Orders. 
5 : 76 
*4" 33 
0 : 74 
1-54 
S-IO 
410-1 
270-9 
52-9 
130-9 
216-2 
Total. 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
7120 
6256 
7155 
8500 
7257 
