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at 5 ft., 10 ft. ; and at 19 ft., 10 ft. ; and the space covered by its 

 branches is nearly 355 ft. in circumference. 



At Cypress Grove, near DubUn, Mr. Mackay informs us, the 

 Dowager Lady Clanbrassill resided from 1770 to 1790, during 

 which period she received a number of foreign trees and shrubs 

 from her son. The dimensions of many of these, the present 

 gardener, Mr. Fdward Carrol, has obligingly sent us, at the re- 

 quest of Mr. Mackay. The collection is numerous, and some of 

 the specimens have attained a considerable size. Robinia Pseud- 

 -4cacia is 60 ft. high ; Zaiirus nobilis, 30 ft. ; i/uglans regia, 

 70 ft. ; Carpinus l^etulus, 90 ft. ; Quercus Cerris, 70 ft.; and 

 Juniperus virginiana, 40 ft., &c. 



At Moira, according to information kindly sent us by the 

 present proprietor, Sir Robert Bateson, there appear to be very 

 few, if any, of the trees existing that were planted by Sir Arthur 

 Rawdon, about the end of the seventeenth century (see p. 48.). 

 A number are of considerable size, but their ages are un- 

 known ; among these are, a lime tree, which is 85 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the space covered by its branches is 60 ft., and that 

 of its trunk, at 1 It. from the ground, 4 ft. ; a beech, 11 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the space covered by its branches being 80 ft., and 

 that of its trunk, at 1 ft. from the ground, 4 ft. 4 in. ; a variegated 

 platanus, 50 ft. high ; and a Platanus acerifolia, 70 ft. high ; 

 Quercus Flex, 45 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter at 1 ft. 

 from the ground, and the diameter of the space covered by its 

 branches, 35 ft. ; a broad-leaved elm, 90 ft. high, the trunk 3 ft. 

 10 in. in diameter, and the diameter of the space covered by its 

 branches, 60 ft. ; Gleditschza triacanthos, 55 ft. high ; a sweet 

 chestnut, 40 ft. high ; the silver fir, 90 ft. high ; and the common 

 yew tree, 45 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter, and the 

 space covered by its branches being 39 ft. in diameter. 



The late John Templeton, Esq., A.L.S., was a scientific 

 botanist, as well as a skilful cultivator ; he was the author of 

 several articles on botany, and on other branches of natural 

 history, which appeared in different works, and of some valuable 

 papers on acclimatising plants, published in the Transactions of 

 the Royal Irish Academy. A very interesting account of his life, 

 by Dr. Drumraond, will be found in our Magazine of Natural 

 History, vol. i. p. 403. It appears that Mr. Templeton had a 

 country house at Malone, near Belfast, to which he gave the 

 name of Crann-more, that is. Great tree, in honour of the very 

 fine chestnut trees which are in front of the house, and which 

 were probably planted in the 17th century: it had before been 

 called Orange Grove. Mr. Templeton began to cultivate 

 flowers in 1786, and he laid out an experimental garden in 1793. 

 At the time of his death, which happened in 1826, there were, 

 says his biographer, "collected in this garden, from various 



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