TEXTBOOK OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
The difficulties of establishing any sort of ornamental growth on this land 
are extreme. The chief of these, briefly stated, are the sterility of the soil, 
the lack of water, and the exposure to the severe sea winds. 
The first and most important thing to be done, in my judgment, is 
to establish a strong, heavy wind-break about the cemetery, especially on the 
windward boundaries. This wind-break should accomplish _ two purposes, 
the first one precee the second esthetic, “but~both” of prime importance, 
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Practically it will be necessary to break the sweep of the sea winds across 
the cemetery before any other ornamental plantings can be established. 
Esthetically the privacy to be secured by an enclosure of green trees is in- 
valuable. At present the grounds are notably bleak, uncomfortable, dreary. 
Shut in by a wall of green they would be comparatively cozy, quiet and 
restful. Such a spot would offer upon these wind-tortured hills the spiri- 
of refuge which is the appropriate spirit for the Old Cemetery. 
This wind-break should be constructed of any trees which can be effect 
tively grown, species being chosen with reference to their vigor and hardiness 
under the very adverse conditions rather than to their looks or popularity. 
Such trees are the Silver Poplar, the Black Locust, Willows, Ailanthus. 
These should be planted in a thick border from 10 to 30 feet wide. 
They should not be pruned up to clean trunks, the object being to make the 
border impervious to the wind. Along the margins of this tree border may 
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