LANDSCAPE 

 ARCH. 

 LIB 'AIIY 



INTRODUCTION 



ALL books nowadays have a preface. Let me 

 give, as an introduction to this one, the reply 

 made by the photographer (Mr. Frank Sutcliffe) 

 to a friend who met him one evening when 

 returning from the plantations at Mulgrave. On 

 being asked, " What fields he had been making 

 conquests in ? " the answer was, " I have been 

 taking some photographs for a gentleman who is 

 going to do away with the ' north wind.' ' 



This, the reader will understand, expresses my 

 intention, to a certain extent, in a few words. It is 

 an endeavour to show how the evils may be miti- 

 gated which are wrought upon vegetation of all 

 kinds, not only by the north and east winds along 

 the eastern coast, which are most destructive, but 

 also upon every part of the shores of the British 

 Isles, which are exposed to strong gales and 

 storms. 



It has not been considered advisable to 

 attempt anything like a detailed survey of every 



