260 : CUPULIFER. [Quercus. 
Cottage on the Muckross road and elsewhere about the 
Lakes. One of the tallest, though not the largest in girth, 
is the Royal Oak on the Tomies shore of the Lower Lake 
east of O’Sullivan’s Cascade ; this tree measured in 1901, 
was 134 feet in girth at three feet from the ground ; another 
in the Home Park, similarly measured in 1912, was 154 feet 
in girth. 
FAGUS Linn. 
F. sylvatica Linn. Beech. 
Districts I. II. I. IV. V. VI. VIL. VII. IX. 
Alien. Woods, hedges, demesnes, &«. Common. A large 
tree. April—May. 
First record in 1756: Dr. Smith, Hist. of Kerry, p. 205. 
The Beech has been much planted in Kerry and has very 
rarely the appearance of a native ; it sows itself readily, 
however, and seems to thrive well in the moist climate. 
Many fine trees grow about Killarney, Muckross, Tore, &c. ; 
one measured in 1904 near Muckross Abbey, was 14 feet 
8 inches in girth at four feet from the ground ; two others 
in the Home Park, Killarney, measured in 1912, were 142 
and 152 feet in girth respectively at three feet above the 
ground. 
(Carpinus Betutus Linn. Hornbeam. This handsome 
tree occurs but very rarely in Kerry even as an introduction. 
That there is nothing in the climate adverse to its growth is 
shown by the fine specimen—the largest of the very few 
seen in the county—which grows at Mahony’s Point on the 
north side of the Lower Lake, Killarney. This tree, 
measured in July, 1903, was 154 feet in girth at about one 
foot from the ground, it there divided into many large 
spreading branches, of which one of the finest fell a victim 
to the great gale of 27th February, 1903.] 
[CasTANEA SATIVA Mill. Sweet Chestnut. This tree has 
been planted in several localities in Kerry and thrives very 
well indeed there. Dr. Smith in his Hist. of Kerry, 1756, 
p. 163, mentions some fine avenues of Walnut, Chestnut, 
&c., as occurring near Tralee, while Mackay in his Catalogue 
of Plants, 1825, also refers to some fine examples, which are 
still flourishing. Many other large trees are to be seen in the 
Home Park. Kiilarney, and elsewhere in the county.] 
