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masses of Indian Bamboos and gigantic coniferous trees. I have 
never seen Abies nordmanniana so perfect and luxuriant as at 
Darreen. Gaul/hn-i'i Shadou was S fen high, <irix>'li>u<( littnralis 
planted in LSS2 was 30 feet high, VvmCicu Trarcrsii 1 a feet, 
Acacia dcalhatn 50 feet, Eurah/ptus (rlnbufas So feet, .-L~ara 
micruphulla 2"> feet. C^y/W,/ Fnrs'b-ri 20 feet hv 2<) feet. Euphorbia 
mellifera 10 feet through, #Wca a>-&"/*?.'/ Id feet. j7>/> ■/«.<? Zw/wr/ 
20 feet, /Z&z crenata 15 feet by 15 feet, Leptospermum laniymnn 
15 feet ; enormous plants of Gordyline, one measured had a stem 
3 feet in circumferene irtugal laurels; Leptos- 
permums like Privets ; Metake bamboo 12 feet high, and Falconer's 
bamboo 25 feet high, 40 feet spread, with 1,000 canes, all in flower, 
a marvellous sight. 
Rossdohan. This is also on Gal way Bay and is the property of 
with a 12 inch stem. Aff'Diis marc/inata, great shrubs: 
Bruf/mansitt sanquincu. Pittosporums, Escallonias, Kunzeas, 
Ozothamnus, Callistemons, Boronias, Camellias. Diploic indica 
and Asparagus 
being successes 
shelter from the strong sea winds, a very large number of plants 
from sab-tropical regions may be grown on the south-west side of 
Ireland. We were unable to get to the garden of b.rd Dimraven. 
also in Galway Bay, but we were informed that it is of similar 
character to those of Lord Lansdowne and Dr. Heard. 
FOTA. This, the seat of Lord Barrymore, is famous for its 
garden, the noblest in Ireland and one of the ne-t delightful in 
the world. I saw it fifteen years ago and was astonished i,y the 
change that had taken place in so short a time. Truly, plants 
grow rampantlv in Ireland. Pot a is a pi 
conifers. An evergreen oak with a trunk no-rly , feet through, a 
cork-barked tulip-tree and groves of C ,'d !f 'i,i>- and )^ 
bamboos have flowered and then- are hundreds here, the children 
of those which flowered at Fota thirty years ago. A list <>1 the 
big trees in this garden would be longer L 
The special thing- that mav be mentioned are Fa;/ us ('»»- 
coccineum, 30 feet by 30 feet ; 
•/. 10 feet by 50 feet ; Berber!* ncpa/n^is. 
12 feet bv 20 feet : P;ff»*„or>nn Mai/i. 1" b^r: Her iadfoha. 
40 feet ; (ten ;*h, ru '-„<-,. 1 2 : *'■ y<! n ' ' 
through; I)i(< l /Jirinn Umffifolium ; Asp 
JV.-r !.; ,- .■ • ' ■ > • . ■ ■ ^' - \ . ' 
outside for twelve years. The great trees 
P. insif/nis. P. Mnhtr-tunae, !''•■■' 31">'it ' . 
f/trtridix. A. numidica, A. hrartrata, A. rdif/msa. A. webbtana. 
