. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. To begin with, the fence facing the sea. Perhaps it has to bejilanted in shifting sand, and will constantly be drenched byshowers of spray. Let it be composed of the Sea Buckthorn(Hippophai- rhamnoides), a grey-leaved, deciduous orangeberried shrub, with strong thorns, which can be boughtcheaper than Holly ; it will very soon, in such a position,makean impenetrable fence, growing eventually from 10 to 15 , and sending up numerous suckers all round. Of courseit will require protection from cattle uutil well es
. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. To begin with, the fence facing the sea. Perhaps it has to bejilanted in shifting sand, and will constantly be drenched byshowers of spray. Let it be composed of the Sea Buckthorn(Hippophai- rhamnoides), a grey-leaved, deciduous orangeberried shrub, with strong thorns, which can be boughtcheaper than Holly ; it will very soon, in such a position,makean impenetrable fence, growing eventually from 10 to 15 , and sending up numerous suckers all round. Of courseit will require protection from cattle uutil well established intoa hedge; such protection may be given by a wire fence orwooden paling. The worst fence that could be put in a situa-. tion such as this would l)e a stone-wall or earth-bank. ThisBuckthorn is not particular about soil. Plant it anywherenear the sea, and it will soon make itself at home, but it is espe-cially so in drifting sand-hills, whose vagaries it is capable ofarresting. Then, behind the Buckthorn, you may proceed toplant the prince of all sea-side evergreens, Pinus Pinaster, theCluster Pine. Having already in Vol. YI. of The Garden{p. .566) described and illustrated the merits of this tree forsea-side planting, it is unnecessary to say more than recom-mend its use along the windward side of the imaginary woodwe are planting. Three or four rows of this Pine will raisesufficient alielter for less maritime species ; next to h may withConfidence be placed thfee otbef Pines nnd a Cypress, Uamely, Pinus austriaca, ,andOupressusmacro-carpa. The two latter, though of comparatively recent intro-duction, have already proved themselves to bo of high value insea exposure. Although we
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