vi SEASIDE TREES AND SHRUBS 



portion of the shores of Great Britain and Ireland, 

 as such matter would be much too elaborate, 

 would fill volumes, and serve no useful practical 

 purpose. 



The main object of this work is, not to furnish 

 an encyclopaedia or nomenclature of British Sea- 

 side Plants, but to endeavour to demonstrate by 

 plans, illustrations, and notes following on a close 

 and careful survey of one particular portion of the 

 coast, "how the very difficult problem of planting 

 up exposed situations may be solved." 



The terms " exposure to strong gales," "keen 

 winds," and similar phrases, which frequently 

 occur in these pages, would convey the same 

 idea whether applied to the North, South, East 

 or West shores of these islands, or even the 

 summits and slopes of hills and other exposed 

 situations inland. The methods as advised, of 

 fencing and planting up protective barriers 

 against such adverse influences, would have a 

 general practical application in every case. 



Taking all these matters into consideration, it 

 was thought that the best plan would be, to select 

 only one portion of the British coast, namely, that 

 of Yorkshire, for the purposes of observation, for 

 the following reasons, viz. : 



(i) Because the main subject under considera- 



