Plants for the Sea-Coast. 643 
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. 
Probably 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), Genista 
alba, Spartium junceum, Cytisus species, Berberis Darwinii 
and other species, Baccharis halimifolia, Laurus nobilis, 
Rhamnus Alaternus, Ephedra species, Viburnum Tinus, Ligus- 
trum (various), Buddlea globosa, Spirea, Ribes, 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, ‘Blage Poplar, Soinaene, 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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