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difficult to predicate that they will live out for years 

 in southern counties, and fail in northerly localities, 

 though some parts of Cork, Kerry, and Clare are 

 peculiarly salubrious. But I have been surprised at 

 what I have seen and know in Wexford, Wicklow, 

 and parts of our own county Dublin, and elsewhere, 

 within special influence of mild sea air and shelter. 



In some of these places Ilex Tarayo promises to rival 

 /. latifolia; and I have read descriptions of a Holly, 

 from the Sikkim Himalayas, much resembling those 

 two in general appearance, but differing in conforma- 

 tion of the berry, but I have not yet seen a specimen 

 of it in Ireland. Early in the spring of 1874 I ob- 

 served on one of the specimens of /. dipyrena, at Grlas- 

 iievin, the only berry of this Holly which I have seen 

 ripen in Ireland. 



Magnolia grandiflora^ Lord Exrnouth's variety, is 

 well known throughout Ireland as one of our noblest 

 evergreens. Generally it is grown against a wall ; 

 but already in some places it is a handsome standard 

 bush, though I know not one in the country as yet 

 approaching the size which we all have admired in the 

 north of Italy in various plaees, where betimes there 

 is very trying weather. Varieties have been raised 

 from seed, of which some are finer than others. 



A few deciduous species have long proved their 

 hardiness in various districts. M. tripetala, M. Len- 

 nei, M. umbrella, M. conspicua, M. Soulangeana, J/. 

 glauca, &c., well deserve careful attention. How far 

 the deliciously fragrant little M. fit scat a can be 



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