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a little to the right of where the Canford Cliffs' road strikes the 

 Haven Road at Whitly Lake, but here they are still very slow in 

 increasing. On crossing to the South Haven and walking to 

 Bramble Bush Bay and Jerry's Point the increase is found to be 

 only slight, but to become more marked to the west. From Red 

 Horne Quay to Brands Point the increase is considerable and the 

 clumps larger. In the Whitly Lake there is an increase and 

 clumps are forming into groups. From Droves Island to Water 

 Point a tendency to meadow is noticeable, and from thence to 

 Goathorn Point there is much more grass formed. 



Fitzworth Point and Wych Creek, Long and Round 

 Island District. — This is the headquarters of the Spartina, and 

 affords the finest near view of the grass in the harbour. North- 

 wards the bands are thicker, observations being made at both 

 high and low water. 



From Fitzworth past Nath Point to the foot-bridges there 

 is one vast meadow, rolling away like fields of corn with the sheen 

 of golden brown that can be seen shining miles away. Such an 

 appearance was first noticed as a distinctive character of the 

 growth by me, and not by Dr. Stapf, as previously mentioned in 

 error. 



Beyond Round and Long Island to Arne shore the colour and 

 sheen is also seen in the distance, and" at sunset it is sometimes 

 gorgeous. 



From Fitzworth and Nath Point to the foot-bridges the 

 increase in the meadows and the general luxuriant growth is very 

 marked, and it is really here that the rapid increase and future 

 reclaiming of land can be conceived. Mr. C. B. Green and 

 myself surveyed it both at high and at low water, which should 

 be done to follow its ways of increase. The farmer speaks of the 

 great liking the cows have for the grass, and that they will go 

 into the mud after it, but it is reported not to be good for the milk. 



Wareham Channel. — In my last report I mentioned that the 

 grass had not spread far up this channel and Middlebere. This 

 is not the case now as regards the former. In the Rock Lea 

 Railway district there is an all-the-way round increase. Higher 

 up the channel at Holton Mere are signs of a considerable 

 beginning of growth. If a line be drawn from Keysworth Point 

 to Rock Lea Railway Bridge the advance of the grass to the south 

 in the direction of Arne shore is considerably greater. 



Over the whole district under observation there is a moderate 

 increase in the growth. 



1914-15. 



Turling Moor. — Starting from Hamworthy Junction, Turling 

 Moor is first examined, where a considerable thickening of the 

 clumps is observed, also an increase to the westward is noticeable 

 In Lytchett Bay. 



