262 State of ^Gardening in Ireland. 



We observed with much pleasure, among many other improve- 

 ments, that he had succeeded in acclimating the Pittosporum 

 tobira, Hypericum balearicum, Selago corymbosa, Agapan- 

 thus umbellatus, and several other exotics. Mr. Mackay of 

 Trinity college has bestowed a great deal of pains and time 

 on this interesting subject, the particulars of which he has 

 published in the first and second numbers of the Dublin 

 Philosophical Journal. At each end of the house there is a 

 conservatory ; one is used for Cape and Botany Bay plants, 

 the other for the more tender exotics. The amateur whose 

 avocations principally confine him to the city, and who seeks 

 for health and recreation in his villa, would profit by an occa- 

 sional visit to Annfield. 



To the south-west of the city lie Rathfarnham Castle and 

 Marley, places of considerable extent and long standing. The 

 gardens of the former we have already mentioned as in a state 

 of ruin. The plantations have been protected, and there still 

 exists, to the south of the castle, a small grove of evergreen 

 oaks, as fine trees of the kind as we remember to have seen. 

 Among them are two distinct varieties of Quercus ilex ; and 

 last year the more common sort brought to perfection an im- 

 mense quantity of acorns, an unusual occurrence in this part 

 of the island. The cultivation of these varieties of oak seems 

 of late years to have been much neglected by planters, a 

 circumstance to be regretted, as we know of no tree entitled 

 to rank with them as evergreens. By proper management they 

 may be adapted to the shrubbery, where they form beautiful 

 hardy bushes, or trained in the forest, where they vie with 

 their more robust congeners. 



Marley, the residence of Latouche, Esq., is delightfully 



situated at the foot of the range of hills, which on this side 

 form the back-ground to the environs of the city. The 

 gardens and pleasure-grounds were, till of late years, in 

 great repute. We understand that the late Mr. Leggett, 

 a landscape gardener of original talent, laid out the grounds. 

 He has evinced considerable taste in the management of the 

 mountain rivulet, which is conducted through the demesne. 

 By many, the cascades are considered too numerous, causing 

 in some places a greater degree of placidity than is consistent 

 with the character of the stream. The demesne, generally 

 speaking, has been much renovated within these few years by 

 Mr. Dunne. 



Adjacent to this is Tereneure, the seat of Frederick Bourne, 

 Esq., a most zealous amateur in every branch of gardening. 

 The gardens and dressed-grounds are extensive, and con- 

 tain the best private collection of plants we know in this coun- 

 try. Although extensively engaged in business, Mr. Bourne, 



