44 SEASIDE TREES AND SHRUBS 



in the first instance, by the late Sir Joseph 

 Paxton. 



Clumps of Austrian Pines grow well in full 

 exposure to the sea ; the Austrian Pine and the 

 Deodar Cedar, Mr. Beeforth says, are the two 

 hardiest evergreen trees for the coast. In a well- 

 sheltered but otherwise open spot are numbers of 

 large rose-beds, each bed being filled with its 

 own particular variety ; these flower profusely in 

 their proper seasons. 



A substantially well-built summer-house facing 

 south, with a medlar and a walnut tree in front, 

 another rose garden in the hollow, and a fine view 

 of the sea through the trees, with their dense 

 masses of foliage showing innumerable shades of 

 green colouring, is a most comfortable place in 

 which to sit. Upon the slopes on the banks, and 

 under the trees almost everywhere, wild flowers 

 are allowed to grow undisturbed. In a quiet 

 nook quite hidden from observation, and which a 

 stranger can hardly discover, is a strawberry-bed 

 surrounded by about forty or fifty bush apple 

 trees, which look attractive when in flower, 

 although fine fruit of good quality can hardly 

 be expected in such a position. 



It would be impossible to give a full descrip- 

 tion of each of the varieties of trees and shrubs, 

 as they are too numerous, but sufficient has been 

 said to show how places by the seaside can be 



