The forestal conditions and silvicultural prospects of the coastal plain of New Jersey, with remarks in reference to other regions and kindred subjects . THE CREST OF THE SAND-DUNE ON SEVEN z^lLE BEACH. REPORT ON FORESTS. 251 sand, out of which project the jagged trunks and limbs ofsmothered trees. The fine sand sifts into shoes, pockets, cloth-ing and hair. It comes fresh from the great ocean-mill, ascendsthe surface of the dune, and falls over its crest into the a stiff breeze is,blowing it skims along like drifting snow,and shoots from the summit of the dune, trimming the tops o
The forestal conditions and silvicultural prospects of the coastal plain of New Jersey, with remarks in reference to other regions and kindred subjects . THE CREST OF THE SAND-DUNE ON SEVEN z^lLE BEACH. REPORT ON FORESTS. 251 sand, out of which project the jagged trunks and limbs ofsmothered trees. The fine sand sifts into shoes, pockets, cloth-ing and hair. It comes fresh from the great ocean-mill, ascendsthe surface of the dune, and falls over its crest into the a stiff breeze is,blowing it skims along like drifting snow,and shoots from the summit of the dune, trimming the tops ofthe trees as flat as though shorn with shears.* If these forests are what cause the dunes, by preventingthe west wind from blowing back the sand, how did the forestsform ? Single trees here and there, or groups of trees, whichare clean underneath, so that the west wind sweeps through-without serious interruption, do not cause the formation of the course of time, however, a thicket forms under thesetrees. They become covered with grape vines, Virginia-creepers•and green-briars. The birds and winds scatter the seeds ofmany sorts of shrubs and bushes, such as Prunus mariiima,sweet-gale,
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