CHAPTER XIV 



TREES AND SHRUBS FOR SEA-COAST 



IN planting trees and shrubs near the sea, two im- 

 portant matters must be considered (i) fierce gales; 

 (2) salt spray. As a protection against storms much 

 may be done by planting quick-growing things, such 

 as Poplars and Willows, and in this sheltered area 

 more permanent trees and shrubs may be put. This 

 way of planting for shelter where bleak places are 

 to be clothed with trees and shrubs is universally 

 adopted in some form or other, sometimes in the 

 shape of hedges or belts, and in the other cases 

 the plants are all placed much thicker together than 

 they are to permanently remain, thus forming a 

 compact mass against which the wind makes little or 

 no impression. In this last-named case continual 

 thinning will be necessary as they grow up, for if 

 left too long the plants become weak, and the 

 advantage gained by the thicker planting is then 

 completely lost. A beautiful seaside shrub, and 

 the best, too, for forming shelter hedges of low or 

 medium height is the Tamarisk, which retains its 

 freshness throughout the season till the autumn, 

 however much exposed to the sea. 



It is difficult to make a list of trees and shrubs 

 suitable for seaside planting around the British 



