Book I. 



GARDENS OF IRELAND. 



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A Hortus exoticus (p), or garden for tender exotics, com- 

 prising a conservatory, two green-houses, and a hot-house 

 parallel, close together, and commencing by a common pas- 

 sage at the north end. 



A Professor's house and Lecture-room {q), with a library 

 hortus siccus, &c. The house of the former proprietor, Tickel, 

 is preserved, and arranged for this purpose. 



This garden is managed by a professor and lecturer, with 

 a salary of 300/., a superintendant at 100/., two assistants at 

 60/. each, twelve gardeners at 12*. per week, and six ap- 

 prentices at 9s. The total annual expense, including 73/. as 

 rent for the land, is about 1500/. a-year. Besides the usual 

 number of apprentices, six who having passed the usual period 

 under private gardeners, are received here to complete their 

 knowledge and experience, especially in the hortus esculentus, 

 After passing two years here they are received as gardener.s 

 into private houses, "and are much sought after. A premium 

 of rive guineas is given by the society to those who are recom- 

 mended by the superintendant for assiduity and good con- 

 duct ; and the superintendant receives 5/. as a gratuity for his 

 trouble in instructing them. 



The Botanic Garden at Trinity College — This garden was 

 begun in 1807. It is situated in low grounds, and contains three 

 and a half acres, of an irregular shape, surrounded by a wall 

 twelve feet high. There are separate arrangements for trees, 

 shrubs, and herbaceous plants, according to the Linnaean 

 system ; and a very full collection of medicinal plants, ar- 

 ranged according to the natural method of Jussieu. To each 

 plant is prefixed a label containing the systematic and EngUsh 

 names, and class and order, both of Linnaeus and Jussieu. 

 Separate arrangements are formed for the perennial, the 

 biennial, and annual herbaceous plants, and for the grasses. 

 Only one wing of the intended range of glass has yet been 

 built, which comprises a stove thirty-five by sixteen, and a 

 green-house forty feet by sixteen. In front is a small aqua- 

 rium. This garden is rapidly increasing in riches under the 

 excellent management of its present curator, G. Mackay, who 

 is also botanical demonstrator, and lectures on botany and 

 horticulture. 



7654. WICKLOW. A finely varied surface of 305,404 Irish acres ; with fine dells and brooks, and 

 bordering on the sea. 



Of Villa Gardens There are a very considerable number 



that might be enumerated, such as St. Catherines, belonging 



to the bankers Latouche ; St. Woolstans, Kane, Esq., Mount 



Sackville, M'Kemmis, Esq.; Edmondberry, Needham, 



Esq.; Donnybrook, Dr. Percival; •those of Miss Colville, Miss 

 Smyth, Mrs. M'Ganns, besides a number near Bray, Lucan, 

 Leixlip, Clontarf, &c. 



Clare Hall, — near Donnybrook ; Stupendous 



rocky scenery, with old trees in the park. 



Marino, — near Dublin ; Earl of Charlemont. A delightful 

 edifice, in a demesne of 200 acres, judiciously and tastefully 

 planted, with a fine ornamental temple. The grounds are 

 thrown open to the Dublin citizens two days a-week. 



Merville (sea villa), — near Donnybrook ; Lord Downes. A 

 beautiful mansion and grounds. An extensive collection of 

 ornamental plants ; a green-house, stove, flower forcing-house, 

 by A. M'Leish, and culinary forcing-houses. 



Leopard's Town, — Lord (Jastlecoote, situate at the bottom of 

 the Dublin mountains, and abounding in picturesque views 

 from the house and walks in the pleasure-ground. 



Terenure, — F. Bourne, Esq. Extensive hot-houses and 

 gardens ; and a varied collection of plants, judiciously ar- 

 ranged by J. Fraser, an excellent botanist and gardener, and 

 a man of general information. 



Mount Merrion, — near Donnybrook ; Lord Fitz William. A 

 magnificent mansion, with gardens and trees. 



Nervton/n Park, — near Donnybrook ; . A mag- 

 nificent mansion, and some trees in the park. 



Kylister, — Lord Newcomen. A fine situation; the kitchen- 

 garden remarkable for its grapes and pines. 



Kingstown,— The Right Hon. W. Saurin. A small garden, 

 but rich in exotic productions, fruits, and flowers, and espe- 

 cially of bulbous exotics. 



RathfarnJiam Castle, — near Rathfarnham ; . A 



magnificent castellated structure, with agreeable pleasure- 

 grounds. 



Tollagh Palace, — at Tollagh ; Archbishop of Dublin. An 

 ancient venerable structure, with extensive gardens, kept in 

 fine order. 



Belview, — near Bray ; D. Latouche, Esq. A romantic resi- 

 dence, with extensive gardens and hot-houses, on which no 

 expense is spared to preserve their reputation of being the first 

 in Ireland. 



Glenmore Castle, — F. Synge, Esq. Extensive mountain 

 plantations going forward ; varied scenery in the home views, 

 and prospects reaching even to Wales ; hot-houses and flower- 

 gardens. 



Clonmanning, — Rev. Dr. Trewel. Extensive kitchen-gar- 

 dens, and the first cast-iron hot-houses erected in Ireland, 

 from the designs of A. M'Leish. Myrtles grow here in the 

 open air to the height of sixteen or eighteen feet. 



Kilruddery, — near Bray ; Earl of Meath. A romantic 

 country-residence, in a deep valley, overshadowed by lofty 

 mountains. 



Newtotvn Mount Kennedy, — near the village of that name ; 



7655. WEXFORD. A peninsular surface of 315,396 Irish acres, of good soil, but little varied in 

 aspect. 



Camolen Park, — near Enniscorthy ; Earl Mountmorris. A beautiful demesne. 



7656. KILKENNY. A surface, somewhat varied by hills, of 318,249 Irish acres. There is a good 

 nursery here, by John Robertson, who has distinguished himself by some excellent papers published in 

 the Transactions of the London Horticultural Society. 



Ballyraget House, — near Ballyraget ; Lady Ormond. A 



Lord Rossmore. Extensive plantations, and a wattrfalf of 100 

 feet, in what is called the Devil's Glen. 



Powerscourt, — near Enniskerry ; Lord Powerscourt. An 

 extensive-fronted edifice, in a demesne of 600 acres tastefully 

 planted, and ornamented with water and buildings. 



Charleville, — near Enniskerry ; Lord Monck. Situated on 

 the river Dargle, with a luxuriance of rural beauties. 



BlessingtonT'ark, — near Blessington ; Marquis of Down- 

 shire. A fine park ; the house consumed in the rebellion of 

 179S, and not yet rebuilt. This place was formerly famous for 

 the first kitchen-gardens in Ireland. 



Rusborough, — near Naas ; Earl Miltown. The front of 

 the house. >and offices form an extensive facade of hewn 

 stone, nearly 700 feet long. The grounds finery varied and 

 well planted. 



charming demesne ; the mansion burned down during the 

 rebellion of 1798, but restored by her ladyship. 



Desart, — near Bennet's-bridge ; Lord Desart. A magnifi- 

 cent mansion and extensive demesne. 



Ashbroolce, — near Durrow ; Lord Ashbrooke. A magnifi- 

 cent mansion, with an extensive demesne. 



7657. KILD ARE. A flat surface of 242,245 Irish acres of fine arable soil. 



Bishop-court, — near Kill ; Lord Ponsonby. A magnificent 

 mansion and highly cultivated demesne. 



Belan, — near Tinolin ; Lord Aldborough. A beautiful seat 

 with extensive plantations. 



Castletown, — near Celbridge ; A mansion 



on the banks of the LifFey ; as superb an edifice as any in 

 Ireland, and the plantations correspond in magnificence. 



Kilailoon, — near Celbridge ; Lord Leitrim. 



Carton, — near Maynooth ; Duke of Leinster. A superb 



mansion, the demesne extensive, a vast lawn waves over gentle 

 hills, interspersed with plantations to a great extent, affording 

 a variety of beautiful prospects. A stream winding through 

 the whole has been widened to a river, over which an elegant 

 bridge is constructed, and a lofty square prospect tower has 

 been erected on one of the most elevated knolls. 



Newberry, — near Castle Carberry ; Lord Harberton. A 

 beautiful seat. 



A surface of 282,200 acres, little varied, and of which nearly one half is 



Frankford, — near Frankford ; . An 



antique mansion, with a fosse and drawbridge, in an exten- 

 sive flat demesne. 



7658. KING'S COUNTY. 



bog or waste. 



Charleville Forest, — near Tullamore ; Earl of Charleville. 

 A demesne of 1500 acres, partly the remains of a natural 

 forest, on which the present earl has built a magnificent and 

 commodious mansion in the castellated style, and laid out the 

 grounds with great taste. 



7659. QUEEN'S COUNTY. A surface, consisting chiefly of bogs, mountains, swamps, and wastes of 

 235,300 acres. 



Cosbie, Esq. A 



Stradbally Hall, — near Stradbally ; 

 beautiful seat. 

 Brockley Park, — near Stradbally ; Earl Roden. 



Damsonscourt Hall, — near Stradbally ; Lord Portarlington. 

 A magnificent seat. 



Bally roan, — near Ballyroan; Lord De Vescey. A magnifi- 

 cent residence. 



7660. CARLO W. A surface of 137,000 acres of grand and picturesque surface and good soil. 



7661. EASTMEATH. A fertile surface of 227,900 acres, generally flat, but with only a moderate 

 portion of bog and waste. 



Gormansiotvn House, — near White Cross ; Lord Gormans- 

 town. 



Slane Castle, — near Slane ; Earl Conyngham. A splendid 

 mansion, now erecting, and the grounds, through which flows 

 the Boyn:, planting and being otherwise improved. 



Dutisay Castle, — near Dunshaughlin ; Lord Dunsay. 



Ardbraccan Palace, — near Trim ; Bishop of Meath. A chaste 

 and simple building. 



Headfort, — near Kells ; Marquis Bective. A magnificent, 

 mansion, and extensive and beautifully planted demesne. 



7662. WESTMEATH. A surface of 249,943 acres of bogs, hills, a number of lakes, and some fertile 

 grounds 



Gaulstown Park, — near Gaulstown ; Lord Kilmaine. A I tensive views, commanding hills, rocks, ruined towers, and 

 superb residence. I rich farms. From a prospect tower on the hill of Lloyd, 



Headfort, - Earl of Bective. A princely residence, with ex- | upwards of twelve counties are seen. There is much old 



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