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stock ; Kilkenny, the residence of Mrs. Tighe ; Ham- 

 wood, Dunboyne, Co. Meath (Mr. R. Hamilton, D.L.) ; 

 Killarney House, Killarney (the Lord Kenmare) ; 

 Kylemore, Co. Mayo (Mr. Mitchell Henry) ; and 

 Narrow Water Park, Co. Down (Capt. Roger Hall). 

 And we are not forgetful of the beautiful Fota 

 Island near Cork (Lord Barrymore), where plants 

 accounted tender in more northerly latitudes flourish 

 with almost tropical luxuriance. 



The gardens of Ireland must be seen to realise 

 their beauty and climatic advantages. Ireland is 

 happy in having many enthusiastic gardeners, and 

 it will be well for those who wish for some infor- 

 mation as to the great variety of trees and shrubs 

 that will live unprotected in the sister Isle to read the 

 contribution of the Earl of Annesley to the Journal 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society, upon " Ornamental 

 Trees and Shrubs in the Gardens at Castlewellan, 

 Co. Down," vol. xxviii. The Earl's garden, to quote 

 his own words, " Is on one of the foot hills of the 

 Mourne Mountains in the county of Down, about 

 three miles from the Irish Channel, thus benefiting 

 by the mild influence of the Gulf Stream : it faces 

 east and south, and is surrounded by old forest trees, 

 so that it is well sheltered. We suffer little from 

 frost ; ten degrees is the average ; once, in the hard 

 winter of 1895, we had fifteen degrees. The rain- 

 fall is about thirty-two inches ; the subsoil is gravel, 

 and as it lies on rather a steep hill there is perfect 

 drainage a great advantage for tender, as indeed it 

 is for all plants." 



