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July 15  1856.  Lawn mowed once or twice in spring, & then left unmown  4X5 3x4 feet square

(Conditions must have been long the same)

2 Trisetum flavescens— germinated well

3 Lilium perenne well commonest. germinated fully

4 Cynosurus cristatus well germinated

May 17' 1857

(1) Anthoxanthum  odratum in flower. No doubt existed last year

5 Phleum pratensis

XX 5 bis poa pratensis

6 Poa annua did not germinate

7 Agrostis vulgaris do

8 do. Holcus

9 Ranunculus auricomus: some Heads shanked off several small heads of seeds & a few good size seeds did not germinate

10 Bellis perennis (very abundant) (seeds grew excellently)

11 Dandelion did not flower

12 Achillæa (rare) did not flower

13 Trifolium (white) repens  Did not set a single seed withered away

14 ——— (yellow) Minus  I think did not set

15 Sagina procumbens

Stellaria

16 Veronica agrestis did not germinate

 ........ (commonest)

(over

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17 Plantago

18 Prunella vulgaris (Commonist) Kept 5-6 weed a very few germinated

19 20 Cerastium vulgatum did not germinate. Kept do.

June 1— 1857.  Poa & Tresetum very abundant Ranunculus & Dandelion vigorous.— By careful examination I f one 1/2 dead leaf of Clover & Achillæa— not one daisy— 1/2 dead Cerastium, which all utterly died soon (Bears a cropping by cattle in Pampas.) All the grasses were present & extremely vigorous— so that luxuriant growth has killed nine species of plants.

May 30 1858)  Ranunculus Dandelion & Grasses. Small bare patches had appeared in spring & on them I noted many seedlings coming up, but by this time all had perished: thus confirming my experiment of sowing seeds.

Trisetum, Poa, Lolium predominant  Holcus increased.— Buttercup & Dandelion very vigorous—

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Graminae

Ranuculus

Compositae

Legumes

Caryophil

Scrofularia

Plantagiumt

Labiates