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Other uses for Spartina are sure to present themselves as knowledge 

 increases of the ways in which plants may be chemically exploited for 

 particular purposes. The important points in the present case are the 

 extent, purity and density of the stands, combined with relative ease of 

 cutting and transport. 



Really in Spartina we have a subject that seems to call for facilities 

 for investigation such as can only be provided by what for want of a 

 better name may be termed a Spartina Institute located on the spot. 



From every point of view full knowledge is required, alike whether 

 the plant be regarded as a botanical phenomenon, a weed which seriously 

 threatens navigation, or a gift of providence capable of being put to a 

 variety of uses. 



DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS ON PLATE II 



Fig. 1. The original clump of Spartina Toivnsendii which established itself in 1913 on 



the north side of the outlet of Christchurch Harbour. Longest diameter of clump 6 ft. 



Photo, taken Nov. 1919 and communicated by the Rev. C. 0. S. Hatton. 

 Fig. 2. Spartina field in Brands Bay, Poole Harbour, showing a characteristic phase in 



colonisation. Taken from the south side of Goathorn Point looking S.W. E. J. 



Salisbury, photo. Aug. 1919. 

 Fig. 3. Clump of Spartina in flcwer. The white appendages are the stigmas. E. J. 



Salisbury, photo. Aug., 1919. 



