New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 219 
Trifolium repens; ré-pens. (White Clover.) 
Achillea milefolium. (Yarrow or Milfoil.) A-chillea mil-e-fo-li-um. 
_ Echinops sphearocephalus. Chapman Honey Plant. 
_ The past season has been a good one for grasses which have 
made an excellent growth. There has been no occasion to dis- 
credit the good words said of any grass in the last report, while 
. several others have shown qualities deserving of special mention. 
Among these might be mentioned Meadow Foxtail, Orchard and 
Oat grasses and Sheep’s Fescue for pasturage, and the Rye grasses 
which have headed out the third time during the season. 
_ Anumber of grasses have made growth enough from spring 
seeding to make a considerable crop of hay. 
The, clovers have done very poorly owing to the prevalence of 
fungus. Samples of affected plants were shown by Professor 
William R. Dudley, of Cornell University, to be supporting 
Uromyces trifolii. These parasites destroyed all the later growth 
of clover, killing the leaves nearly as fast as they were developed. 
The Yarrow or Milfoil came to us with seeds from Germany, 
where it is said to be used as a forage crop. 
LarGcEe Prats. 
Old series. 
These plats were top dressed in the fall of 1888, and have this 
season all been cut over the second time, because of the heavy 
srowth which we deemed desirable to remove. Below is the 
record of crops taken off, with a repetition of the seeding, and 
notes on what were the most prominent grasses as evident to the 
casual observer. A minute determination of the crop on a square: 
foot or yard, might result in changing some of the relative posi- 
tions. The most abundant grass is placed first : 
