82 SEASIDE TREES AND SHRUBS 



by the seaside. When drain-pipes are used in 

 land on which the Ash is planted, they soon 

 become filled with its roots ; this is rather a 

 drawback. Deciduous ; Britain. 



Furze. See Ulex europceus. 



Garrya elliptica. An ornamental shrub trained 

 to a wall or under shelter in shrubberies. Good 

 in such positions by the sea. It is much prized 

 for its long pendulous catkins, male and female, 

 which are borne on separate plants. The catkins 

 on the male plants are more ornamental than 

 those on the female. Evergreen ; California, 

 1818. 



Gean. See Cerasus avium. 



Ginkgo biloba (syns. Salisburia). An inter- 

 esting and handsome tree, very difficult to 

 grow by the sea in Yorkshire, even under good 

 shelter. One or two fair specimens are seen 

 in the more central parts of the country, but it 

 can only succeed in the north under the best of 

 shelter. Any good garden soil will suit this tree. 

 Deciduous; Northern China, 1754; height 60 

 to 80 feet. 



Goat Willow. See Salix caprea. 



Gorse. See Ulex europ&us. 



Grecian Silver Fir. See Abies cephalonica. 



Griselinia littoralis. A hardy shrub grown 

 at the Belvedere, Scarborough, where it proves 

 hardy by the sea, but not quite so much so 



