CHAPTER V 



SOME LOCAL FEATURES 



MANY hints on seaside arboriculture in exposed 

 situations may be gathered from what has 

 already been done with varying success along 

 the Yorkshire coast. Several resident gentlemen, 

 as previously stated, have taken a deep interest 

 in this matter, and results as shown upon their 

 estates prove that seaside planting can be success- 

 fully carried out when skill, energy, and fore- 

 thought have been brought to bear upon their 

 efforts. A few notes taken from some of these 

 places are given below as examples : 



SCARBOROUGH IN MAY 



It is only in the more southern parts of this 

 town where trees and shrubs in quantity are to be 

 found growing. To a certain extent, Castle Hill 

 on its northern side shelters the bay and portions 

 of land along the South Cliffs. On the South 



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