growing on the Coast near Poole. 



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to have observed them. The curious old oak tree in the 

 cliff above Hiley's Marsh, in this parish, has, I believe, been 



noticed elsewhere : 

 of this, however, I 

 send you also a 

 sketch {fg. 127.), 

 drawn in a heavy 

 gale from the south- 

 west; so pardon it. 

 There are also other 

 trees in low situ- 

 ations, exposed to 

 the winds on the 

 shore of Poole Har- 

 J bour, which have 



been similarly affected : but among the oaks at Canford there 

 grow two holly trees the branches of which are wanting 

 to the north-east, and to the south-west are full and strong. 

 I know nowhere such examples of the influence of the wind 

 as the trees in the high heath lands in this vicinity exhibit. 

 The direction of the branches of the trees out of which these 

 sketches {^gs. 124. to 126.) have been selected is, as taken 

 by compass, from south-west to north-east, the foliage being 

 in the latter quarter. I am. Sir, yours, &c. 



W. B. Clarke. 

 ParJcstone, near Poole, Dorsetshire^ 

 September 13. 1832. 



The subject proposed to consideration in this and the preceding com- 

 munication is one of great interest ; that of decorating, with those pleasing 

 pictures, shrubs and trees, the landscapes of the coast, which, in cases 

 numerous enough, are unornamented by them. Mr. Clarke's communi- 

 cation shows that in some situations there will be great difficulty in rearing 

 trees and shrubs to effect this object; and Mr. Rutger's paper teaches, 

 from experience, the serviceableness of the evergreen oak and cluster pine 

 towards effecting the end desired. Mr. Rutger also imparts other hints on 

 the subject, which merit close attention. 



I may here append a short list of trees and shrubs of species very 

 common, yet for the most part suitably tenacious of growth, which, six 

 years or more ago, I noted down from information supplied to me by 

 brother-gardeners who had lived on the coast of Suffolk. My attention 

 to, and enquiries on, the subject had been previously excited by hearing a 

 gentleman complain of the difficulty he had experienced in furnishing his 

 coast grounds with thriving shrubs and trees, and from my having once 

 visited the coast at Aldborough (Suffolk), where it is treeless, shrubless, 

 moorlike, and ungratifying, save in the amplitude and magnificence of 

 ocean here obvious to the eye, and the interest excited by the numerous 

 passing vessels which, in their course to the northward and the southward, 

 plough its surface.^ 



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