96 ON SEA-SIDE PLANTING. 
display a profusion of these shrubs growing most vigorously ; 
and I can have no hesitation in stating that they are well 
adapted for growing along with other trees near to the sea- 
side. Their merits may be summed up in a few words. They 
are both eminently beautiful—the former when clad with its 
pure white berries from September to December, and the 
latter throughout the entire year. This plant (the Berberis) 
is furnished with pinnate, shining, holly-like leaves, and bears 
beautiful racemes of yellow flowers, which are succeeded by 
grape-coloured or bluish-purple berries in great profusion. 
Though so unlike to each other in appearance, there is a 
remarkable affinity subsisting between those shrubs, which 
points them out as the fittest of companions ; they fear not 
the sea-breeze, a fact which might have been anticipated from 
their being both natives of the north-west coast of America, 
from New Albion to Nootka Sound. Both plants when in 
blossom are much sought after by bees, and the berries of 
both are greedily eaten by game. The delightful uses to 
which such plants may be applied will suggest themselves to 
every one, and it is only necessary to remark that they are 
best suited for being planted close to walks, which should be 
introduced in all maritime plantations, for the sake of the 
view over the ocean. 
Time of Planting.—In maritime places the young trees should 
be invariably planted in the spring, just immediately before 
the time when the plants begin to grow. The next best 
time is the last week in October. But though those trees 
planted early in autumn furnish themselves with small roots 
or tender spongioles previous to winter, these are not sufficient 
to support the trees in such situations during the most trying 
months ; so that it is infinitely better to let them have the 
benefit of a full season’s growth before the effects of winter 
are felt by them in their new situations. The last week in 
March or the first week in April is a suitable time to plant 
in such places. Planting in winter months has been tried 
repeatedly in the neighbourhood, but with no success, 
Choice of Plants.—Experience proves, that for the particular 
