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THE author has done good service by bringing together in this handy booklet the scattered information contained in various books and papers dealing with the part played by vegetation in the reclamation of tidal lands. A large part of this is drawn from the remarkable observations made by Prof. F. W. Oliver during his long-continued work on the physiography and plant ecology of maritime regions, especially at Erquy, in Brittany and at Blakeney Point, in Norfolk, with reference to the stabilisation of drifting sand and shingle by means of vegetation. As these and other, observations summarised in this booklet clearly show, there are large areas of foreshore in this country which might profitably be planted with suitable vegetation and subsequently reclaimed from the sea. The author has taken pains to avoid excessive use of botanical terms used in ecology, but it is to be feared that some of the terms he does use will prove somewhat puzzling to non-botanical readers, especially as some of them are used rather carelessly—“halophyte” and “halophytic,” for instance, appear disguised as “hallophyte” and “hallophitic.”
The Use of Vegetation for Reclaiming Tidal Lands.
By Gerald O. Case. (Reprinted from Engineering, August 22 and September 12, 1913.) Pp. 36. (London: St. Bride's Press, Ltd., 1913.) Price 2s. net.
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C., F. The Use of Vegetation for Reclaiming Tidal Lands . Nature 92, 578 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/092578a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/092578a0