SOME LOCAL FEATURES 49 



but sufficient has been said, and a visit to 

 Mulgrave will emphasise the fact that even fine 

 timber may be grown near to the sea. 



SALTBURN 



Not much planting has as yet been attempted 

 on the cliffs at Saltburn, but a walk round the 

 outside of the grounds of a residence known as 

 " The Cottage " affords some interesting study. 

 Lycium barbarum flourishes here on the tops of 

 the cliffs, right in the teeth of the keenest winds 

 from the north-west, round by east to south-east, 

 abundantly proving its extreme hardiness by 

 the sea. 



There are numerous allotments in this part of 

 Yorkshire which are much exposed, and crops 

 suffer greatly in consequence. Some of the 

 holders put up fences of different kinds, which 

 serve their purpose well, but as Lycium barbarum 

 is a plant which flourishes by the sea, and is of 

 easy culture, it might be employed as a screen 

 from the winds in positions of exposure among 

 these allotments. 



The Sycamore here holds its own as one of 

 the hardiest trees ; although the foliage is some- 

 times cut up by the winds it soon recovers. 

 It is also to be noted that the trees in the 



E 



