114 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF TREES. PART 1 
and the diameter of the space covered by its branches is 39 ft.; 
a common laurel,-90 years planted, is 45 ft. high, the diameter 
of its trunk, at 1 ft. from the ground, is 6 ft. [probably from the 
number of diverging branches proceeding direct from the crown 
of the root], and the diameter of the space its branches cover is 
101 ft.!| A Latrus nobilis, 16 years planted, is 34 ft. high, and 
the diameter of the space covered by its branches is "95 ft:5 
Cupréssus sempervirens, 50 years planted, is 59 ft. high. 
At Castle Freke, in the county of Cork, the seat of Lord 
Carberry, there appear to be some fine specimens. Jthododén- 
dron ponticum is 8 ft. high, and the branches cover a space 76 ft. 
in circumference; the Quércus Ilex, 26 years planted, 36 ft. 
high; the Lucombe oak, of the same age, 39 ft. high; and the 
geet chestnut, 44 ft. high; Aviatotalia Macqui, on light soil 
over gravel, forms a handsome tree, 26 ft. high, with’ 3 a trunk 
8} in. in diameter at 1 ft. from the ground. 
At Florence Court, the residence of the Earl of Enniskillen, 
there is a good collection of trees, the dimensions of many of 
which have been sent us by the gardener there, Mr. Young. 
The tulip tree, at 38 years’ erowth, is 35 ft. high; Acer mon- 
tanum, at 38. years’ growth, 50 ft. high; the Portugal laurel, at 
40 years’ growth, is 39 ft. high, and its branches cover a space 
22 {t. in diameter; @6érnus fidtida, 38 years planted, is 16 ft. 
high, and the branches cover a space of 20 ft. in diameter > 
Sambiicus nigra, at 40 years of age, is 50 ft. high; the walnut, 
at 50 years of age, is 40 ft. high; and the Canddgil poplar, at 
30 years’ growth, 70 ft. high; “the scarlet oak, 40 years planted, 
is 70 ft. high; and different varieties of Quércus Cérris, all 
planted 38 years, are also 70 ft. high; the common yew, at 80 
years of aye, is 30 ft. high, and its branches cover a space of 
30 ft. in diameter; . and the Irish yew, sometimes called the 
Florence Court yew, the original plant being still in existence 
in the grounds, has attained the. height of 26 ft. 
At Killrudery House, in the county of Wicklow, hela seat of 
the Earl of Meath, are some remarkably fine evergreen oaks... 
One of these, by no means larger than the rest, measiieent for us 
by Mr. Niven in February, 1835, was 60 ft. high, with a trunk 
113 ft. in circumference at 1 ft. from the gr ound. 
The oldest cedars of Lebanon in Ireland are said to be at 
Mount Anville Hill, the seat of Counsellor West, K.C. These 
cedars, we are informed, were brought direct from Mount Le- 
banon, by an ancestor oF Lord Tremblestown. We have tried 
in vain to get their dimensions, for which reason we suspect they 
are not very remarkable. The finest, we believe, are at Castle- 
town, Kildare, the seat of Edward Conolly, Esq., M.P. One, 
of these, Colonel Conolly informs us, is 13 ft. in ctget 1 ft. from © 
the ground, and has a clear stem of 30 ft. 
