Book I. LITERATURE OF GARDENING. 1097 



767a MAYO. A surface of 790,600 Irish acre* ; a great portion mountainous and waste, and the rest 

 chiefly in pasture. 

 Caztlebar House, near Castlebar ; Lord Lucan. A verier- 



Nervpark, near Swineford, Sir A. Brabazon. 



Hollymount, near Hollymount ; Lindsay, Esq. A 



fine mansion and demesne. 



Xe>i<brook Hume, near Hollymount ; Lord Clanmorris. A 

 magnificent mansion. 



able structure, solidly situated on the brow of a steep emi- 

 nence overhanging the river. 



Moat, near Ball ; Sir R- B. Lynch. A delightful resi- 

 dence. 



.Seal, near Ballinrobe ; Lord Kilmaine. A magnificent 

 mansion and extensive demesne. 



7674. LEITRIM. A surface of- 255,950 Irish acres; hilly, with fertile valleys, and numerous streams 

 and lakes ; the whole well adapted for every branch of gardening. 



Lurgan, near Lurgan Bay ; Right Hon. S. Winne. A beautiful residence. 



7675. SLIGO. A surface of 247,150 acres, nearly the third quite waste, the rest fertile in com and 

 p> tatoes. 



Haslewood, near Siigo, on Lough Gill ; The house and demesne aptly composed in elegant magnificence. 



PROVINCE OF ULSTER. 



7676. CAVAN. A surface of 301,000 Irish acres, abounding in fenny pastures and coarse grounds. 

 Florence Court, near Swadlinben ; Earl Enniskillen. A I lakes, hedgerows, and meadows; an extensive demesne-farm, 



splendid residence. I under the care of a Northumbrian agriculturist. All the up- 



FarnUam House, near Kilmore ; Lord Farnham. A 1 per servants English, 

 splendid residence, in an extensive demesne, abounding in ' 



7677. FERMANAGH. A surface of 283,400 Irish acres, chiefly boggy and mountainous ; interesting 

 to tourists as containing Loch Erne. 



BeRisle, on an island in Loch Erne ; Earl Ross. The i erected, from which a panoramic view is obtained, not only of 

 island contains 200 acres, charmingly diversified by hill-;, dales, I this, but of all the other wooded islands of the loch. One of 

 and gentle declivities, which are richly clothed with old tim- I them is exclusively used as a deer park.' 

 ber, through which gravel-walks are conducted, and a temple I 



7678. MONAGHAN. A surface of 179,600 Irish acres, much encumbered with bogs and mountains, 

 but in part rich and cultivated. 



Castle Blawy, near the village of that name ; Lord I a lake, thickly interspersed with islands richly planted with 

 Blaney. A delightful residence, commanding a fine view of 1 trees. 

 7679 TYRONE. A surface of 467,700 Irish acres, a great portion rough and mountainous. 

 Baron Court, near Newton Stewart ; Marquis of Aber- , Aghinuas, near Caledon ; Lord Belmore. An elegant 



A magnificent mansion, but no park-scenery or gardens 

 deserving notice. Extensive plantations, however, have been 

 made in various pans of the demesne. 



Caledon Hill, near Caledon; Lord Caledon. A delightful 

 residence. 



mansion and extensive demesne. 



Farm Hill, near Dungannon ; Lord Northland. A mag- 

 nificent residence. 



Stewart Hall, near Stewartstovm ; Lord CasUeste wart. A 

 magnificent residence. 



7680. DONEGAL. A surface of 679,550 Irish acres ; the greatest portion reclaimable and irreclaim- 

 able mountains. 



7681. DERRY. A surface of 318,500 acres ; its surface varied but without mountains, and the soil 

 generally fertile. 



7682. ARMAGH. A surface of 181,450 acres, with an irregular surface that has not unaptly been 

 compared to eggs placed on end in a bason of salt. 



Lurgan House, near Lurgan ; Right Hon. W- Brownlow. 

 A delightful residence. Near this seat is Lough Neagh, a lake 

 of 60,361 acres. 

 .inmga handsome sheet of water, skirt 

 ing the base of a lull oovered with a very thriving plantation. 



7683. DOWN. A surface of 348,500 Irish acres, considerably varied, with but few mountains and 

 moors. 



Cattle Gosford, near Markefhill ; Lord Gosford. An ex- 

 tensive demesne fringed with trees. 



Castle Dillon, near Richill ; Sir C. Molyneux. An 

 extensive demesne, containing a handsome sheet of water, skirt- 



Moira Castle, near Moira ; Marquis of Hastings. Contains 

 some old trees, and also some young plantations ; gardening 

 in all its branches having been here attended to by the present 

 owner's father, when neglected in almost every other part of 

 Ireland. 



Hillsborough Castle, near Hillsborough ; Marquis of Down- 

 shire. A magnificent residence. 



" I voir, -- near Newtown Breda; Lord Dungannon. A 



Lissige, near Newry ; Earl Clanwilliam. A splendid resi- 

 dence. 



Ballymoney, near Rathfryland ; Marquis of Downshire. A 

 fine country -residence. 



isryansford, near Narrow Water; Lord Clanbrassil. A 

 delightful ; 

 residence. 



town Breda ; Lord Dungannon. A 

 magnificent residence. 



aeugntrui and sequestered residence, well planted, with 

 river, and a succession of picturesque cascades. 



7684. ANTRIM. A surface of 420,999 Irish acres, considerably varied with mountains and hills, fertile 

 valleys, bogs, and dry wastes. It is noted by tourists as containing the Giant's Causeway. There are two 

 nurseries at Belfast. 



Shane's Castle, near Antrim, on the borders of Lough I Castle V/ton, near Templepatrick ; Lord Templeton. A 

 Neagh; Lord O'Neil. An enchanting residence. | beautiful: 



Glenarm Castle, near (ilenarm ; Earl Antrim. A venerable 

 and magnificent mansion. 



Chap. IV. 



Of the Literature of Gardening. 

 7685. The first books on agriculture and gardening were written by the Greeks some 

 centuries before the Christian sera, and by the Romans about the commencement of that 

 period. Among the ancient Greek writers, Hesiod, Homer, Theophrastus, Xenophon, 

 and JElian, may be mentioned as having touched more or less on gardening. The 

 works of the modern Greeks, or those who wrote after the seat of the Roman govern- 

 ment was transferred to Constantinople, are collected under the title of Geopvnica , and 

 have been translated by T. Owen, who also translated Varro and Palladius. Anion"- 

 the Latins, the works of Varro are the first in the order of time ; next Cato, and Plin\ 

 and Columella, and, lastly, R. T. E. Palladius, supposed to have lived in the fourth 

 century. Passages relative to the subject may be found in most of the Roman poets, 

 especially in Martial, Virgil, and Horace ; but Pliny's natural history, and Columella's 

 1 1th book on gardens, are those from which the most correct ideas may be obtained of 

 Roman gardens. In the ages which succeeded the fall of the Roman empire, few books 

 w ere written, excepting on religion : the first which appeared on rural matters was by 



