Plate II. 



Middle Loup Valley at Forest Reserve, showing the broad, flat stream margined 

 with thickets, the grass-covered valley and woodland near the hill slope. Photo bv 

 R. J. Pool, 1912. 



Sandhills back from the river valley, showing the covering of bunch-grass and the 

 young planted groves of Jack Pine and Scotch Pine. Photo by R. J. Pool, 1912. 



