ENp. 271
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p. 271*This kind of calamity is prevented in Holland, by sowing the [san...?] hills or dunes, annually, with the seed of a ready [gr..illegible] (Arundo arenaria), which finds in the sand, a a kind [o...] congenial soil. The roots soon spread, [and] strike deeply into the ground, and no intertwine that the sand is held firmly between theml and as the growth of the grass luxuriant, the decomposition of its successive crops renders the soil (it is said) sufficiently rich to produce [it is said] potatoes, and to bear plantations of firs. See Report of Capt. G.W. Hughes, to the Topographical Bureau, 1843. | p. 271*This kind of calamity is prevented in Holland, by sowing the [san...?] hills or dunes, annually, with the seed of a ready [gr..illegible] (Arundo arenaria), which finds in the sand, a a kind [o...] congenial soil. The roots soon spread, [and] strike deeply into the ground, and no intertwine that the sand is held firmly between theml and as the growth of the grass luxuriant, the decomposition of its successive crops renders the soil (it is said) sufficiently rich to produce [it is said] potatoes, and to bear plantations of firs. See Report of Capt. G.W. Hughes, to the Topographical Bureau, 1843. |
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