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cared for and done with as recommended in the pre- 

 ceding coppice of No. XLVI. A very fine choice 

 of reserve trees can be obtained here, which should 

 be carefully marked ; here is also a great deal of more 

 fine land for oak. Natural coppice could and should 

 be added to this. 



No. XLVI. 



Leackenderry Hill, on the Estate of Powerscourt, 



Ireland. 



Having examined this hill, although a little out of 

 my way, not being called on to report on land fit for 

 planting, where there is no planting, but this part 

 being so closely connected with Glencree, it was im- 

 possible I could shut my eyes from taking a view of 

 an object so interesting to the estate. There is no 

 part of the country, however remote or distant, that 

 a view of this hill cannot be got from. It must be 

 confessed it would be sublimely grand, to have it 

 covered with wood, and not only considered as a 

 great ornament to the estate to which it belongs, but 

 to the whole surrounding country ; it would be also 

 a great national beauty when viewed from the ocean. 

 The most part of this hill will carry trees of any 

 kind, but it should be planted on the top with ever- 

 green firs, running the planting of these round the 

 south and upper sides, connecting it with the banks 

 of the river in the glen ; and here I should suppose 

 on the hill and in the glen on both sides, there 

 would be upwards of 1200 acres of fine coppice land 



