----------------------+-----------------------+--------------------- Trivial Name. | Botanical Name. | Remarks. ----------------------+-----------------------+--------------------- | {| The leaves of these Broad-leaved Plantain.| Plantago media {| plants grow too close Dent-de-lion | Leontodon taraxacum {| to the ground to be Daisy | Bellis perennis {| eaten off by cattle | {| or to cut for hay. | { | These plants take up | { | much room in growing, Cowslip | Primula veris { | they are not eaten by Primrose | „ vulgaris { | cattle, and, as they Green-winged Orchis | Orchis Morio { | die before haymaking, Early Purple Orchis | „ mascula { | yield little or | { | nothing to the rick. 2. _Plants which take up space, but simply dilute the hay with useless matter._ | {| All common, especially Blunt-leaved Dock | Rumex obtusifolius {| in damp meadows, are Crisp-leaved Dock | „ crispus {| not usually depastured, Marsh Dock | „ palustris {| and have little or no Field Sorrel | „ acetosa {| feeding properties | {| when made into hay. Burdock | Arctium Lappa | Common about the | | borders of fields. Butter Burr | Petasites vulgaris | Common near water | | courses. Cow Parsnip | Heracleum Sphondylium{| Very common and Wild-beaked Parsley | Anthriscus vulgaris {| unsightly in | {| pastures. Ladies’ Smock | Cardamine pratensis | In damp places. Yellow Rattle | Rhinanthus crista | In poor cold clays. | galli | Larger Hawkweeds, &c. | Hieracium species | About fields in | | upland districts. 3. _Mechanical Plants, those with Spines, Prickles, Stings, &c._