74 SEASIDE TREES AND SHRUBS 



1 2,000 feet altitude. Evergreen ; height 1 50 to 

 200 feet. 



Cedrus Libani, Cedar of Lebanon. This tree 

 is not nearly so hardy by the seaside as C. 

 atlantica or C. Deodara. In a cottage garden in 

 Thorpe, near Robin Hood's Bay, unsheltered by 

 other trees, but under shelter of a hill, is a fair 

 specimen. It is a hardy tree inland and requires 

 an open position to show its fine form and wide 

 spreading branches. Introduced from Mounts 

 Lebanon and Taurus in 1683, where it is found at 

 4000 to 6000 feet altitude. Evergreen ; height 

 60 to 80 feet. 



Cerasiis Avium (syn. Prunus Avium), Wild 

 Cherry or Gean. A well-known tree, sometimes 

 found growing in plantations, where it often estab- 

 lishes itself naturally by means of its seeds or 

 stones. It is hardy by the sea. It is very 

 ornamental, especially when in flower, and as the 

 flowers open early in spring, it is worthy of a place 

 in pleasure grounds or in clumps of trees, where it 

 is very effective. It likes a rich deep loam over a 

 chalk subsoil, but will grow in almost any good 

 well-drained soil. Indigenous to Britain. 



Cerasus Laurocerasus, Common Laurel. Too 

 well known to need much description. It is 

 generally used in shrubberies and sometimes as a 

 hedge plant. Near the sea, after a long period of 

 north-east winds, the shrubs are a good deal cut, 



