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VIEW OF NURSERY BED ON DISMAL RIVER FOREST RESERVE, NEBRASKA. LOUP RIVER AND 



SAND-HILLS IN THE BACKGROUND. 



hills will prevent further natural repro- 

 duction. There still remains a few 

 scattering trees of the forest of the 

 hills ; these are veterans of many years 

 and the stumps of their comrades which 

 long since fell before the axe are still 

 evidence of the mighty trees that once 



studded the hills. Some of these 

 stumps were found by measurement to 

 be as much as 28 and 32 inches in 

 diameter wonderful trees for sand- 

 hills. We believe that where forests 

 once grew, forests can certainly be made 

 to grow again. 



EXTERIOR VIEW OF SEED BED ; OPEN SPACE IN CENTER USED FOR AN ENTRANCE. 



