CONTENTS Cur. Pao* I. Tidal and Current Data.......x II. The Tidal Compartment op a Rivbr .... 8 III. The Foreshore .........26 IV. The Function op Vegetation ...... 44 V. Sand Dunes ....-..-.-57 VI. The Fixation and Plant Protection of Sand Dunes - 71 VII. Shingle Beaches and their Fixation ... 87 VIII. Tidal Land Reclamation (Works) ..... 120 IX. Erosion and Accretion (Works) ...... 143 X. Plant Winning op Tidal Lands—Salt Marshes - - 164 XI. Miscellanea (Cliffs, Rivers, Channels) .... 204 XII. Blakeney Point, Norfolk, from an Engineering Point of View .......... 218 III. The State and Local Control ...... 242 XIV. Complementary Problbms ....... 256 APPENDICES I. List op Dunb Plants ........ 363 II. Types op Shingle Beach (English) ..... 365 III. Plants of the Shingle Bbach ...... 265 IV. Plants of the Salt Marsh ....... 267 V. Salt Marsh Development ....... 268 VI. On the Distribution of Su&da fruticosa on the Blakeney Beach ........ 270 VII. List of Authorities in England and Wales having Powers and Duties in relation to Defence against the Sea..........274 INDEX...........279 u