Contributions in geographical exploration . he .strip o( protecting vegetation and facilitate further the spread of vcgelatioo. Katmai beach, August, 1916. had in every case come u]) well and showed normal continued as long as we stayed. But of those scatteredon the surface of the ash not a single individual was the vicinity of the Base Camji abounds in birds, it wasthought that perhaps the seeds scattered on the surface mightall have been picked u]) by the birds, ami we awaited withinterest opportunity to examine similar jilanlings made atKatmai Village where there ar
Contributions in geographical exploration . he .strip o( protecting vegetation and facilitate further the spread of vcgelatioo. Katmai beach, August, 1916. had in every case come u]) well and showed normal continued as long as we stayed. But of those scatteredon the surface of the ash not a single individual was the vicinity of the Base Camji abounds in birds, it wasthought that perhaps the seeds scattered on the surface mightall have been picked u]) by the birds, ami we awaited withinterest opportunity to examine similar jilanlings made atKatmai Village where there are no l)irds and \hc wind sweep 536 The Ohio Journal of Science [Vol. XIX, No. 6, is greater. When examined, all of these with a single exception,were found in the same condition as the others—the plantedseeds had all come up, while those strewn on the surface hadblown away. In one of the sowings, however, though almost allhad blown away, there was one small spot where a number ofseeds had come up. This was found to be in a heel mark made. > .- ^- m^ j^miH*^ Photograph by Robert F. Griggs A BEAR TRAIL THAT SPROUTED, The depressions in the tracks of the heavy animal caught wind-borne seeds, which drifted across the smooth surface round about without finding any place of lodgment. April, 1919] Beginnings of Reirgctation by someone who had walked across the area and pressed afew seeds down into the soil with his foot! For nearly twoweeks after these seeds were planted, moreover, there had beenno hard blows, but considerable rain and mist, so that they maybe said to have had as favorable an opportunity for * ig hold as could have been given them under the climatic i ns of the region. The same conditions are held responsible for the fringe ofseedlings found along the outwash deposited by temporarystreams. (See page 333). Seeds buried in the outwash
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