CHAPTER II 



THE FIRST LINE OF EXPOSURE 



SATISFACTORY results cannot be expected from 

 seaside planting, unless the first line of fence 

 and planting is arranged in such a manner as to 

 form an efficient barrier against strong gales and 

 cutting winds from off the sea. This expression, 

 " the first line of exposure," will be understood to 

 mean ''the most bleak and exposed positions on 

 the immediate sea-front, hilltops, etc., which it is 

 intended to plant up for the purpose of sheltering 

 other woodlands and farm and garden crops 

 beyond." Once this first line is made secure, 

 then planting beyond becomes a comparatively 

 easy matter. 



It is noticed that many species of trees and 

 shrubs, which will not thrive in the most central 

 parts of the country, flourish luxuriantly when 

 grown in suitable soil under shelter by the sea. 

 It may not always mean that such plants like the 

 sea air, although sometimes such may be the case ; 

 it is more especially because, when under good 



