84 Practical Forestry 



Lilac of various species are well adapted for planting 

 by the seaside, the two kinds most to be recommended 

 being the Common and Persian (Syringa vulgaris and 

 S. Persica). 



The Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum) has been used 

 with the greatest success all along the coast, being perfectly 

 hardy, and an excellent subject for cold, draughty positions. 



The Tree Groundsel (Baccharis halimifolia) is not only 

 a shrub of great beauty, but one that is perfectly hardy, 

 and well adapted for planting by the seaside. It will thrive 

 in almost pure sand, but it is all the better for a poor gravelly 

 loam, and seems to delight in the ozone of the seaside 

 atmosphere. 



Both the Portugal Laurel (Prunus lusitanica) and 

 Sweet-Bay (Laurus nobilis) are valuable evergreen shrubs 

 for seaside planting. From their large size and compact 

 habit, they afford a great amount of shelter. 



The Common Holly (Ilex aqui folium) and its golden 

 form both do well at the seaside, and this may also be said 

 of the Common and Scotch Laburnums. They may 

 be used with best advantage where the direct force of the 

 blast is broken up. 



The Common Gorse (Ulex europceus) and the Broom 

 (CytiSus scoparius) should on no account be omitted from 

 our list of shrubs that are valuable for maritime wastes 

 where the wind exerts its full power. 



The above shrubs include the principal of such as can 

 be recommended for planting along the sea-coast, but where 

 good shelter is afforded by the trees named in this chapter, 

 a few others might be recommended for trial. These include 

 the Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo), Euonymus 

 japonicus, Berberis Darwinii,Ligustrum Ovalifolium, 

 Daphne Mezereon, and D. laureola, Ruscusaculeatus, 

 Hypericum calycinum, Vinca major and V. minor, and 

 several kinds of thorn. 



The Maram, or Sea Mat weed (Psamma arenaria) 

 is one of the most useful grasses with which I am acquainted 

 for binding shifting sands on the sea -coast. Not only so, 

 but by using it as a pioneer, the amount of shelter it affords 



