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A Flourishing Walled Garden Facing the Sea 
Seaside Landscape ‘Planting 
On Cape Cod “‘we face four seas.”’ We like it, and 
so do thousands of Cape Codders, native and 
adopted, who have built attractive homes here. 
Infinite numbers of ever-changing land and sea- 
scapes are at hand. Climate is mild and invigorating. 
Here many kinds of plants thrive which are not 
winter-hardy inland. | 
Gardening near the seashore, however, does in- 
volve problems not encountered elsewhere, largely 
because of strong salt-laden winds off the sea, and 
soils that are often light and sandy. 
Three main requirements are necessary for suc- 
cessful seaside planting. 
First, new plantings should be set close together 
in drift-like masses so that individual plants can 
lean on their neighbors for shelter and protection. 
Nature demonstrates this need. 
Second, new plantings must be provided with 
adequate fertile soil so that they can quickly estab- 
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