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and valuable trees for the purpose under consideration 

 that could be named. On the western coast of England, 

 and in a very exposed and wind-swept district, I have used 

 it with the greatest success in the formation of plantations, 

 as it is of rapid growth and soon forms an excellent shelter 

 to the other less hardy kinds of trees. It is by no means 

 particular as to soil, but succeeds all the better if this is 

 fairly rich. 



The Winged Elm (Ulmus alata). From a long experi- 

 ence of this, at present, little-known tree, I have every 

 confidence in recommending it as one of the most valuable 

 trees for planting in cold, wind-tortured, and maritime dis- 

 tricts that have yet found their way into this country. 

 Where many of our hardiest trees are bent and shrinking 

 from the blast, this elm stands nobly out, and seems to 

 defy both winds and storm. 



The Huntingdon Willow (Salix alba) and Bedford 

 Willow (S. Russelliana), but particularly the former, are 

 excellent trees for windy shores. In many places along the 

 coast the Huntingdon willow may be seen in a most flourish- 

 ing and happy condition, and that, too, where the sur- 

 roundings are the reverse of favourable. It is a tree of 

 quick growth, and will succeed well in any class of soil if 

 it be not too damp. In one instance that came under my 

 notice, the trees were planted on a promontory overhanging 

 the sea and in such a situation that they were almost con- 

 stantly subjected to rough-blowing winds coming in from 

 the Irish Sea, and yet they have grown with the greatest 

 freedom, and to-day look as healthy and happy as if planted 

 in some sheltered inland situation. 



The Beam Tree (Pyrus Aria) is another excellent small- 

 growing tree for planting in sites where, from cold saline 

 blasts, few others could eke out even a miserable existence. 



On the limestone cliffs of the Great Orme's Head this 

 handsome and hardy tree grows in a most surprising way 

 indeed, with the exception of one or two species of willow, I 

 question very much whether any other tree could exist under 

 the trying circumstances. The hard and leathery leaves 

 seem as if specially constructed for bearing storms, and, 



