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and the development of his country. Since 1900, when he succeeded 

 to his estate, he has developed it in various ways, with the view of 

 giving employment to the work-people in the district and showing 

 what can be made of the land of Ireland. Lissadel is a place by 

 itself in Ireland. It is a model estate, carried on on commercial lines. 

 There are pedigree cattle ; there is a dairy and a poultry farm ; 

 there is market-gardening and fruit-growing ; and recently, Sir 

 Josslyn added to the other departments, the bulb farm. It is 

 situated on the sea-shore, sheltered by trees from Atlantic winds. 

 The soil is not unlike the soil at Rush. Lissadel is not, however, so 

 much dependent as Rush is on subterranean moisture, for the rain- 

 fall is greater on the West than on the East coast of Ireland. Al- 

 though the bulb farm has been in existence for only two or three 

 years, Sir Josslyn, who deals in blooms as well as bulbs, is already the 

 owner of entire stocks of several new varieties, and Lissadel claims 

 to have one of the finest collections of daffodils in the world. 



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