n6 TREES AND SHRUBS 



hardy Scotch Pine (P. sylvestris), if planted in large 

 masses, grows well, but does not luxuriate close to 

 the sea, and is especially liable to be browned in 

 foliage by the salt spray. 



Besides the Pines, one of the finest of Conifers is 

 the Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa), which 

 is hardy everywhere on the coast in these islands ; 

 it grows finer than it does in its home on the 

 Pacific coast. It makes a fine front barrier against 

 the wind, especially when mixed with the foregoing 

 Pines. The variety C. lambertiana is also excellent. 

 There are two other Conifers which, though not 

 much planted by the sea-coast, will, we believe, 

 prove reliable ; these are Cedrus allantica and Thuya 

 gigantea (sometimes called T. Lobbii). A third Conifer 

 that we have seen doing well by the sea is Abies 

 Pinsapo, but it must have a temporary shelter 

 in its small state. This subject of seaside planting 

 the most difficult in a tree planter's practice is an 

 important one, and it is only possible to treat the 

 matter generally. 



The Conifer family is especially noteworthy for 

 the way many of its species vary. Not only is 

 this propensity evidenced in such characters as the 

 colour of the leaf and the differences in habit ; it 

 shows itself more remarkably sometimes in the form 

 and texture of the leaf and mode of branching. 

 So great is the difference between some forms of 

 certain species of Conifers that they have been 

 placed in different genera. What are generally 

 known as Retinosporas, for instance, are really 



