Pinus.] -OONIFEEJE. 277 



and planted at Coolnamuck by the grandfather of one of the 

 late proprietors. Lady Louisa Knox has kindly informed us 

 that some very old firs used to grow on a hill at the back of 

 the house at Knpoklofty; these trees have all been cut 

 down, and then- claim to be considered indigenous is at 

 least doubtful. — 8. There is one large and old tree, supposed 

 to be a last i;elic of the ancient forests,, still growing on an 

 open bog at Deal Castle, near CrossmoHna, at the head of 

 Lough Conn, in Mayo ; and this venerableflr tree, which is 

 probably the same referred to in Mackay's second catalogue, 

 as growing near the foot of Nephin, has been lately fenced in, 

 and is carefully preserved by the Earl of Arran, who is the 

 owner of the land. Wade, in his list of the rare plants of 

 Galway, says that he noticed some stunted, but very old, fir 

 trees in a few scattered localities in Connemara (Dubl. Soc. 

 Trans., Vol. ii., 1801). It is to be feared that yews and not 

 fir trees were observed by Dr. "Wade, especially as, after 

 diligent search, our friend Mr. G. H. Kinahan has not suc- 

 ceeded in finding any wild firs in Connemara. — (10.) In 

 Warringstown, in the County of Down ; Threlkeld (perhaps 

 planted). 



Reference may be made to a work entitled " Ireland's 

 Natural History," by Dr. Boates (1652), for some account 

 of the traditions respecting the ancient forests of Ireland. 



It has been stated that the cones of P. Pinea, P. Pinaster^ 

 and of Abies excelsa, have occurred in the Irish bogs ; but we 

 have not been a:ble to obtain any direct evidence on the 

 subject. 



