Gardening on Cape (od 
When Bartholomew Gosnold, sailing out of Fal- 
mouth, England, landed in what is now Falmouth, 
Massachusetts, in 1602, he said of this section, “‘It 
is replenised with fair fields and in them fragrant 
flowers; also meadows, hedged in with stately 
groves.” 
The Cape is particularly fortunate in its year- 
‘round mildness of climate. Summers are cooler and 
winters less severe because the Cape is almost en- 
tirely surrounded by the sea. 
People and plants alike benefit by this pleasant 
state of affairs. Through the years more and more 
people have come to share the beauty of shore and 
sea and climate, the abundant recreation, and the 
peace of old Cape Cod. The natural charm is 
happily unspoiled. Good taste and wise simplicity 
have guided the building of thousands of new homes 
and gardens here. 
Because of the milder climate, many kinds of plants 
thrive on and near Cape Cod which cannot well be 
grown elsewhere in New England. But the force of 
winds salt-laden off the sea is strong and often harm- 
ful to various plants, especially in summer, when 
foliage is soft and tender. One has merely to observe 
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