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50 ft. high, 5 ft. 3 in. in girt at 8 ft. from the ground; and a 
sweet chestnut, 10 ft. 3 in. in girt at 3 ft. from the ground. There 
is a myrtle hedge here at least 120 years old, which grows 
vigorously. ‘The shrubberies and ornamental planting at Castle 
Ward were made by Mrs. Ward, the wife of Judge Ward, 
between 1710 and 1759; and some before that period, as there 
were some tulip trees of large size cut down some years ago, 
supposed to be 120 years old. — J. M. R. 
To Mr. Carrol, gardener at Cypress Grove, we are indebted 
for the measurements of several trees at Howth Castle, near 
Dublin, the seat of the Earl of Howth. It appears that some 
foreign trees were planted here even in the 16th century, and 
particularly an U'lmus campéstris, which is estimated to be 250 
years old. It is only 50 ft. high, but the diameter of the trunk, 
at 1 ft. from the ground, is 4 ft.6in. There is a walnut tree 
here, considered to be 200 years planted; a Jamarix gallica, 
100 years; and a tulip tree, 60 years. The tamarisk has a stem 
1 ft. 10 in. in diameter at 1 ft. from the ground; it is 20 ft. high, 
and the diameter of the space covered by its branches is 22 ft. 
We should suppose it must be the finest specimen of this shrub 
in existence. ‘The common myrtle stands the open air at Howth, 
protected by a wall; there is a specimen which has been planted 
thirty years, which has attained a stem 4 in. in diameter at 1 ft. 
from the ground. , 
At Charleville Forest, in King’s County, a place where we had 
the pleasure of staying two or three days in 1811, when consulted 
professionally by the Earl of Charleville, there is a common lime, 
supposed to have been planted about seventy years, which is now 
(1835) 110 ft. high; an dcer platandides, which at 60 years is 
68 ft. high; a Pavéa rubra, 76 ft. high; a common holly, 45 ft. 
high; a Robina Pseud-Acacia, 50 ft. high; a Crate‘gus Aza- 
rolus, 40 ft. high; an U’lmus campéstris, 85 ft. high; a Pépulus 
alba, 120 ft. high; a Quércus pedunculata, planted 60 years, 
which is 110 ft. high; a Fagus sylvatica of the same age and 
height; a sweet chestnut, 45 years planted, which has attained 
the height of 85 ft.; a yew tree, 45 years planted, which has 
attained the height of 50 ft.; an arbor vita, planted 25 years, and 
20 ft. high; and a Larix microcarpa, 45 years planted, and 94 ft. 
high. On the whole, there is an excellent collection of trees at 
Charleville, and they appear to have made extraordinary |progress. 
At Shelton Abbey, the Earl of Wicklow’s, in the county of 
Wicklow, there are a few remarkably fine specimens of foreign 
trees and shrubs. A tulip tree, 50 years planted, is 60 ft. high, 
flowering beautifully every year; a Robinza Psetd- Acacia, of 
the same age, is 65 ft. high, with a trunk 23 ft. in diameter at 
1 ft. from the ground; a Portugal laurel, 40 years planted, is 
35 ft. high, has a stem 24 ft. in diameter at 1 ft. from the ground, 
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