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 not prove so profitable as the larch. 



THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 



This is situated at the foot of the hill on the S.E. side of 

 the Castle. A good way to reach it from the terraces on the 

 south of the castle is to take the walk which goes sideways 

 down the hill to the S.W., and then proceed down the steps to 

 the dairy. This leads to the end of the Avenue shown on plate 

 XX VI 1 1., which is nearly a quarter of a mile long ; it con- 

 tains some fine specimen conifers near the centre. The cedars 

 of Lebanon are 1 1 1 years old, these, with many others on the 

 estate were raised from seed brought from Dublin by John 

 Henry, the fifth Duke. The four specimens here have each 

 a different appearance from the others the tallest one is 

 90^ feet high and 1 1 feet in circumference of stem at 3 feet 

 above the ground ; this is the tree on the south-west of the 

 centre. The Cedrus deodara is 79 feet high and 6 feet 

 round the stem. A fine plant of Araucaria imbricata has 

 branches to the ground, it is 47 J feet high, and 4j feet round 

 and is the best specimen on the estate. This tree is growing 

 in a cold deep clay where it gets plenty of moisture at the 

 roots and is sheltered from cold wind it is the male variety. 

 The one nearest the dairy on the north side of the walk is a 

 female which bears several cones in some years, and young 

 plants have been raised from its seeds. Farther on to the 

 east some very tall lime trees are growing, the tallest, at the 

 east end on the north side of the walk is 92 feet high and 7 

 feet round. The Ash tree nearly opposite is 1 1 2 feet high 

 and 1 feet in circumference. 



