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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



COMMONPLACE NOTES. 

 By the Secret aby, Superintendent, and Editor. 



Seaside Planting. 



Colonel J. G. Sandeman, M.V.O., the position and nature of whose 

 garden on Hayling Island are described in the following note, has | 

 kindly furnished us with a list of trees and shrubs which he has found, 

 after many trials, to succeed in a wind-swept situation near the sea. I 

 We have no doubt his experience will prove valuable to others who are | 

 making gardens in similar situations. ' 



" The choice of plants for seaside planting must depend a good 

 deal upon soil and aspect. Here I have worked upon a few inches of 

 soil artificially laid upon a bed of sandy shingle 350 yards from high- 

 water mark and 20 feet above sea-level in the centre of Hayling Bay. 

 The prevailing wind is south-west, in which direction is the open sea 

 for five miles to Bembridge, from which it is again three miles to the 

 eastern downs of the Isle of Yv^ight, which at this; distance afford no 

 protection from the wind. 



" The plantation is protected on the north by a 7-foot wall, from 

 the north-east by the house, and from the east by a low artificial mound 

 on which are some Pinus austriaca and P. maritima, 10 to 11 feet high, 

 and partly protected on the west by a wooden trellis 8 feet high. The 

 plantation is quite open to winds from the S.S.E. to W. by N. 



" The only plants that I have found of any use for the first line of 

 defence are Euonymus japonicus, Tamarisk, Gorse, Lyciurn, oval-leaved j 

 Privet, Salix alba, Alder, and Phillyrea latifolia. To these I hope to add 

 later on Fagus antarctica and Buhus austmlis. With the protection 

 afforded by these I have planted many kinds, amongst which I may 

 mention Sea Buckthorn, Atriplex Halimus, wild Cherry, Evergreen 

 Oaks, Elders, Sycamore, Pinus austriaca, P. maritima, and P. atlantica, 

 Salix Caprea, Phillyrea Vilmoriniana, Thorns, Wych Elms, Caragana \ 

 arborescens, Halimodendron argenteum, Holly, Griselinia littoralis, 

 several sorts of Berberis, Cupressus macrocarpa and C. m. hiiea, 

 Escallonia macrantha, Phillyrea ilicifolia, Pernettya mucronata. Silver 

 Poplar, Pyrus prunifolia, Cornus so.nguinea, Rubus nutkaensis, besides 

 a good many others. 



" In tolerably sheltered situations protected from the north only 

 by a G-foot wall, I have, amongst many other more common flowering 

 shrubs, Pittosporum, Mayi, Ceanothus dentatus, Veronicas of i^iany 

 kinds, including the var. S^duisante, given me by Mr. Andrew 

 Kingsmill, Daphniphyllum glauccscens , several kinds of Olcaria, Cisiiis 

 fl,orentinus, Leycesteria, Lilacs, Prunus Pissardii, Piinis e.rccUa, Elms 

 Cotivvs, Chc}iopodiiim , and Bvplrurvm fntticosinu . 



