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A 1 np tliroiigli Kerry. 



T \K I N'C'.ndvftOl.iK'f of a lull in llu- busy s.-ason I 

 k the opportunity of lHkin>r a tour ihroujrit 

 I'tvintv of KiTiy anil also to pay a visit to 

 1),^, Making' a start lu-iv al Hally- 



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• - . \. ill of till' nbboy. whose ^roumls 



ul wi-ll kept, through Tralcc and 

 I maiK" my first call at Cilcnflcsk 

 I a*ile, wliul* lakes its name from the river whiili flows 

 U'oeath in the jf'«^"' Killarney House K'J"d«'"^ cmuc 

 next on the list. The vjrounds of this world-fanud 

 demesne were looking; their best, the beautiful scroll 

 beds iuid fine cypress and yew hedffes, also the rare 

 shrubs planted through the grounds, make iliis place 

 very interesting. A visit was also paid to the lar^'c and 

 well-slocket! kitchen gardens, where the crops were 

 giHHl— a young orchard of apples bearing a good crop 

 of fruit in the year of scarcity for the apple crop. A fine 

 crop of grapes and peaches were seen under glass. The 

 next objective was Clanleam, the pretty and well-kept 

 residence of the Knight of Kerry, situate on the shores 

 of Valencia Island. Hydrangeas are one of the chief 

 features here, and can be seen a considerable distance 

 away. Mr. Hallett, the gardener, informed me that all 

 the flowers were pink last year ; the majority in the 

 present instance were blue-flowered. Several bushes 

 of the beautiful and sweet-scented Lily of the X'alley 

 tree Clelhera arborea looked well, and were then coming 



iiilo rtowiT. Some, I sIumiUI say, \vi re from fifli-en to 

 twenty feet high ; this shrub thrives exceptionally well 

 here. M.imboos are l.irgely grown, and do exception 

 ■illy well iilso ; most of the best varieties arc cultiv.iled. 

 P.'issing on again through W'alerville and Sneem, and 

 .iriiving al Parknasilla, I h.tlteil at I)erryi|uin C.tstle. 

 Here .i great impnnement has bei'ii made. The c.istle 

 h.is been considerabi)' .'idded to nienlly, ;ind a pretty 

 little rockery has been constructed in the ganlen 

 proper. Some glass has been erected and more is 

 contemplated later on. The house now erected is 

 one of Skinner Boards wire tension houses. I was 

 greatly surprised at the strength of the structure; 

 it seems well fitted to stanil the storms we gel .ilong 

 the coast. Mr. Heard's pretty place beside Derry- 

 qiiin was next visited. The proprietor has planted a 

 fine lot of tropical vegetation here. Hamboos in quantity. 

 Several varieties of Eucalyptus, palms and ferns, and 

 a host of tender shrubs too numerous to mention 

 separately. Passing from here through the fine demesne 

 of Dromore on to Dromquinna, gardening is gone 

 in for in an all-round style ; the grounds are very taste- 

 fully laid out. This pretty place is almost at the base of 

 the Keinnare river, and runs down to the waters edge; 

 in fact nearly all the places mentioned arc at the 

 sea-side so to speak — some on the Kcnmare river, 

 some on the ocean. I noticed thousands of yon ig 

 shrubs in nursery beds at the above place for woodlaud 

 planting, Rhodoilendrons, Escallonias, Olearias. &c. 

 The grounds in front of the mansion arc especially 



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