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of excellent quality, especially in root growth. These were transplanted later to their permanent 

 situations, many of the native plants having been collected in near-by territory, and transplanted 

 to the " outside," and with fairly good success. We have, however, practically abandoned this 

 process as too expensive, as we find that direct seeding produces satisfactory results in all places 



where the sand is quiet. 



Picture No. 1 shows part of the " outside " sand dune, where operations were begun in 1895. 

 On the level foreground are pitch pines {Pinus rigida), ten to twelve inches high when trans- 

 planted, now thirty to forty inches, in a vigorous and healthy condition. At the bottom of the 

 slope is a patch of Genista scoparia ; above this, and extending to the top of the ridge, the prin- 

 cipal growth seen is bayberry, among which there has been planted lately pine and oak seed, 

 not yet old enough to be seen in the photograph. The original rows of beach- grass may be 

 seen nearly exhausted; but I can assure you that no wind can remove the bayberry, and I am 

 confident that two -more years' growth of this will completely cover the ground here. 



Having fixed this area from which the sand was being blown, we go to the greater area on 

 which it was deposited, to be seen in picture No. 2. Here may be seen a scattered natural 

 growth of beach-grass, among which, on the right foreground, are oaks, then a patch of the several 

 varieties of pine, and beyond this, oak again. These are all thriving and healthy, from twelve 

 inches high up to thirty inches, and have grown from seed planted here in spring of 1895. In 

 the distance may be seen the " face " of the second dune, which looks now as did the first one 

 when we began operations. 



Yes, the problem is solved. I am not now officially connected with this work. It is being 

 carried 'forward by the efficient superintendent, Mr. James A. Small, of Provincetown, to whom 

 I am indebted for these photographs. But I shall always feel a keen interest in the place, and 

 shall look back upon it as a pleasant experience. 



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A SCENE ON THE DUTCH DUNES. 



