34 SEASIDE TREES AND SHRUBS 



practical men, and may be done inland ; but late 

 spring or early summer would be the best seasons 

 for exposed situations on the coast. 



Both evergreen and deciduous trees and 

 shrubs, however hardy they may be, should be 

 given some sort of shelter when newly planted 

 by the sea ; this applies particularly to evergreens, 

 even the hardiest kinds. 



SELECTION OF STOCK 



When selecting young trees from the nursery 

 grounds for planting in clumps or belts, it is 

 best to make choice of those which have been 

 transplanted from the seed-bed in the previous 

 year, in preference to those drawn directly from 

 the seed-bed. Transplanted stock are larger, 

 stronger, and more fibrous rooted, and establish 

 themselves more quickly, and are thus better able 

 to contend with the adverse conditions attending 

 growth by the seaside than young seedlings. 

 Only the strongest and best should be selected ; 

 the weaker plants may be again transplanted into 

 nursery-beds for removal to permanent quarters 

 later on. 



As young seedlings of the commoner species 

 of trees can be procured from nurserymen at 

 very cheap rates, it would scarcely pay the planter 

 to raise stock from seed unless it is intended to 



