Japanese Black Pines 
Best in Seashore Exposure 
Successful Seashore ‘Planting 
On Cape Cod “we face four seas.” The “strong 
right arm of Massachusetts’? embraces Massachu- 
setts Bay on the north. To the east the broad At- 
lantic pounds the headlands from Highland Light to 
Chatham Bars. On the south, from Monomoy to 
Nobska at Woods Hole are Nantucket and Vine- 
yard Sound, while westerly is Buzzards Bay, leading 
to the Canal. 
Year-round climate is mild and invigorating. Here 
many kinds of plants thrive which are not winter- 
hardy inland in New England. Good examples are 
the Blue Hydrangea, Firethorn, Vitex, Abelia, Bud- 
dleia, and even English Holly. 
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. 
