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same species are not available for all parts of the coast, though 

 strictly hardy plants, capable of withstanding the wind, will do 

 equally well, other things being equal, on any part of the coast. 

 Probabty the south-west winds are more injurious to trees 

 and shrubs than the eastern or north-eastern, and, therefore, 

 all those species which will bear the greater cold of the eastern 

 side of the island with impunity will thrive as well, or nearly 

 so, as on the western. In tolerably sheltered situations near 

 the sea in the south-western and western parts of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, the otherwise tender Japanese, North 

 American, and South European plants will flourish ; and we 

 might add a few from the southern hemisphere, from New 

 Zealand and from the extreme south of America. A large 

 proportion of these species will do well in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of the sea. The following enumeration includes 

 some of the best, the greater part being evergreen shrubs : 

 Euonymus Japonicus varieties, Phillyrea varieties, Cupressus 

 macrocarpa, Aucuba Japonica varieties, Escallonia macrantha, 

 Hydrangea Hortensia varieties, Cistus (various species), Grenista 

 alba, Spartium junceum, Cytisus species, Berberis Darwinii 

 and other species, Baccharis halimifolia, Laurus nobilis, 

 Ehamnus Alaternus, Ephedra species, Viburnum Tinus, Ligus- 

 trum (various), Buddlea globosa, Spiraea, Eibes, and Ceanothus 

 (various), Coronilla Emerus, Yucca species, etc. 



There is scarcely any spot where the soil is deep enough 

 for cultivation, but what may be improved by planting some 

 of the very hardiest trees or shrubs to protect the flower- 

 garden and the tenderer shrubs. The shelter afforded by 

 trees or shrubs is far more effective than a solid wall, on 

 account of the back wind, as it is termed, from the latter, 

 which is often more destructive than the direct wind. Pinus 

 Austriaca, P. maritima, and some of the other species of 

 dense habit, English Yew, Holly, Evergreen Oak, Double- 

 flowered Furze, Black Poplar, Sycamore, Small-leaved Elm, 

 Tamarisk, Tree Box, and Sea Buckthorn, are some of the 

 hardy subjects that will bear the brunt of the wind without 

 sustaining any damage, except in unusually stormy weather. 

 Where the shelter is good, almost all of the bedding plants in 

 general cultivation will flourish. But it is useless to attempt 

 to grow delicate and brittle plants where they are exposed to 

 the fury of the south-west gales. It is better in such cases to 

 be content with dwarf, tough, hardy species that may be 



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