12 feet; Myrtus Lu-ma, .!."> feet by ];"> leer: Fuchsia excorti- 
I'nfd. 1.") tret ; Senecio (ircjii, i f'eer by Id feet, ;i magnificent mass 
of yellow flowers. Ceratonin SiJiqua, a big bush, has stood out 
for 30 years. The commoner trees are well represented. I noted 
• <:ni't f m f (SO feet high ; Abies Pindroiv, 50 feet ; and 
there is a grand avenue of silver firs leading up to the house. 
Sir. Acton, now an octogenarian, has been his own gardener all 
The only nursery we visited was that of Mr. T. Smith in the 
town ol Xewry. This is one of the most interesting gardens in 
I no collection is quite botanical in comprehensiveness ; 
,l,,l V" ' ! lh, ; ,v ^ another commercial collection of hai 
hkl '. 11 anywhere. Not only for Ireland, but for Y.\ 
and even America this nursery is the " shop " for the 
Is. The proprietor, an English- 
- J. Veiteh and Sons, 
• ltivator,and his knowl< dg< 
plants there thai were not in 
■". ^'"i ;:"■ n '"»«nem features at the time of our 
- ■ beds of them in full flower; 
"'", S; ij „,,.,, ,,, , „,/•//,-, rnrarrilfm 
'■"■> -2 feet hiu'h ;.!i.l the (lowers 
i- part of a day in the nurserv 
i Mr. Smith to Narrow Water, wi 
waen ana collection of plants formed by the proprietor, 
W^j^^^l* retreat of the brothers 
rorniorly a null-house on a stream in a 
aed mtoagarden paradiee. I 
"'" l'»v«.ly warden. Wau-r plants, ferns. 
.-m.H in tM , !,,;.!;;, ; , ! ; ia! ^ :ui,i »'••—■:,- ;,v,. ;ill ,i ,hn^^ 
garden is a] : 'f profusion. One part of the 
hem- fnrn " ""—"<-, the undergrowth 
ii-mnn/>', / a " Wt''«ri«, rn'rn.yj l( /«ri«, 
viulr t ,;' f , % n, .' • "'"""> '"<,-"•>■• Sa/rins. ( :,/ ., ,/„,•„, 
Kraiwrus 'hm, etc. 
and a col,, ■ ritifJh,,,, 20 feet. 
The wan,. - as happy ,< , 
/;//'//■/. /',, ■' -J-'iva masses of S-, , ■ n mjn 
U'»roi\u*. n - - ••-. (iuni . ra.s, Xvmphaeas, 
" u , />/ ' ' ' lapanese Ins, 
-. Senecio 
• ■- • - . . '•'■ '- . : . . ; „ ; , 
suitable plants. Chly clotned with ferns and other 
Wh0 ^ A^t^ f the Marquis of 
^ eu p -' \ l ,,|,l, ""'l r.|.i.unon that of 
llord. His 
^er gardens that we v" T ° f Gdwa - V Ba ^ aml 
; ^the open SrtfJ? favour the 
PlailtS - Th( »^mkin, , , } ' n kn V wn l ^ ^b-tropical 
atnres of the garden are magnificent 
