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ae — yere oe began to leave, and in less than twenty 
reduc to two or three rami M onda the 
eie the Pee nuin. and is now a thriving to 
The object of the law of 1714 was to arrest the catin of 
the tree and shrubbery on the province lands, and on the 
ae of which it was dd RM the harbonr depended, as 
E d prevented drifting of the sa 
n 1824 commissioners were ni by the State Government 
w examine the snbject, and report what action was necessary to 
yey the rapid destruction of the harbour. ee ecommended 
n Act to prevent the destruction of beach-grass, and reported 
that the sum of 3,600 dollars would be ne cessary to set out that 
plant, make fences, etc. The Legislature in 1826 applied to 
Congress for that sum, and Congress has, at different times, made 
Pppopeietions t m de amount of about 38,000 dollars, which seem 
ve failed, in some measure, 2 accomplish the object 
tad, and East Harbour is still vg Be = up. 
Many years ago, it was as customary t rn the inhabitants of 
Truro, and some other towns on the Cape; every spring, to turn 
out to plant beach-grass, as it was in the inland towns to turn out 
and mend the roads. This was required by law, with suitable 
xp hae for its neglect, and took place in Apri 
mer of much practical knowledge concerning this subject, 
says :—' a Since the cattle have been kept from the beaches, by the 
Act of the eet erst of 1826, the grass and shrubs have sprung 
up of their own accord, and have, in a great measure, in the 
westerly parts of the Cape, —— what was intended to be 
done by planting grass. It is of no use to plant grass on the high 
parts of the beach. Plant a the ie parts and they will rise, 
while the highest places, over which the grass will spread, are 
levelling by the wind. To preserve the beach it must be kept as 
level as possible. 
Beach-grass is of little value, except to prevent our loose sandy 
em from being drifted about by the wind. We have but one 
species, and this is fast spreading over our upland, making it 
merum for cultivation. Land that would produce from 20 to 
25 bushels of Indian corn to the acre, without any manure, 
twenty-five or thirty years ago, is now overrun with beach-grass, 
and will produ nothing else. If the dead jd is burnt off i 
the spring, it will make a pretty good pasture for mcr and 
horses. It keeps green dem 2 than any grass we have. Itc 
cultivated from the seed or by sipor apri Our loose e 
beaches are the pos suitable for its growth. 
Be ms to require the asatibóó of some disturbing 
causes to asikie it to attain its ded Few sei The driving 
winds in some localities are suffici while in other places, 
where it does not thrive so well, it is a t that an iron-tooth 
harrow would greatly improve and aid its growth. (Flint, Grasses 
and Forage Plants.) 
While this grass has been extensively used in Europe, probably 
for centuries, for binding coast sands, it does not appear to have 
been introduced into Australia for the purpose until recently. 
e seed of the Marram grass was first introduced into the 
Colony of Victoria by Baron von Mueller in 1883, and by him 
