Book I. 



LITERATURE OF GARDENING. 



1C97 



1673. MAYO. A surface of 790,600 Irish acres; a great portion mountainous and waste, and the rest 

 chiefly in pasture. 



CastUlxxr House, — near Castlebar ; Lord Lucan. A vener- 

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

 nence overhanging the river. 



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

 dence. 



JN'ra/, — near Ballinrobe ; Lord Ivilmaine. A magnificent 

 and extemive demesne. 



Netrpark, — near Swincford, Sir A. Brabazon. 



Hollijmnunt, — near HoUymount ; Lindsay, Esq. 



fine mansion and demesne. 



Aetvbrook House, — near HoUymount ; Lord Clanmorris. 

 magnificent i 



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 

 pc'tatoes. 



HasletvooJ, — near Sligo, on Lough Gill ; The house and demesne aptly composed in elegant magnificence. 



PROVINCE OF ULSTER. 



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

 Florence Court, — near Swadlinben ; Earl Emiiskillen. A | lakes, hedgerows, and meadows; an extensive demesne-farm^ 



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



FurrJiain House, — near Ivihnore ; Lord Farnham. A per servants English, 

 splendid residence, in an extensive demesne, abounding in ' 



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

 to tourists as containing Loch Erne. 



Beliisle, — 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 hills, dales, I this, but of all the other wooded islands of the loch. One of 



and gentle decUvities, which are richly cloihed with old tim- | them is exclusively used as a deer park, 

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



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

 but in part rich and cultivated. 



CatfU Blan-y, — near the village of that name ; Lord I a lake, thickly interspersed with islands richly planted vritii 

 Bianey. A delightful residence, commanding a fine view of I trees. 



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

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



com. A magnificent mansion, but no park-srenery or gardens 

 deserving notice. Extensive plantations, however, have been 

 made in vaiious parts of the demesne. 



Caledon Hill,— neax Caledon; Lord Caledon. A delightful 

 residence. 



mansion and extensive demesne. 



Farw Hi7/, — near Dungannon; Lord Northland. A mag- 

 nificent residence. 



SYoifirf //uW, — near Stewartstown; Lord Castlestewart. A 

 magiuficent 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 gnd in a bason of salt. 



Castle Gosford, — near Mavkethill ; Lord (josford. An ex 

 tensive demesne fringed with trees. 



Castle DiV/on, — near Richill ; Sir C. Molyneux. A 

 extensive demesne, containing a handsome sheet of water, skir 

 ing the base of a hill covered with a very thriving plantation 



76S3. DO'\VN. A surface of 348,500 Irish acres, considerably varied, with but few mountains and 

 moors. 



Lurgan House, — near Lurgan ; Right Hon. "\V. Brownlow. 

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

 of 60,361 acres. 



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

 dence. 



Ballifmoney, — near Rathfiryland ; Marquis of Do-\vnshire. A 

 fine country-residence. 



Briian^ord, — weax Narrow 'Water; Lord Clanbrassil. A 

 delightful and sequestered residence, well planted, with a 

 river, and a succession of picturesque cascades. 



Moira Castle, — near ^loua ; IMarquis of Hastings. Contains 

 some old trees, and also some young i>lantations ; gardening 

 in all its branches baring been here atter.ded to by the present 

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

 Ireland. 



HUUborough Castle, — near Hillsborough; Marquis of Down- 

 Bhire. A magnificent residence. 



Belvoir, — near Newtown Breda ; Lord Dungannon. A 

 magnificent residence. 



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 1 Castle Upton, — near Templepatrict ; Lord Terapleton. A 

 Neagh ; Lord O'Neil. An enchanting residence. beautiful seat. 



GUnarm Castle,— near Glenarm ; Earl Antrim. A venerable 

 and magnificent mansion. 



Chap. IV. 



Of the Literature of Gardening* 

 ^685. The first books on ogricuhure and gardening were written by the Greeks some 

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

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

 and aElian, may be mentioned as having touched more or less on gardening. Tlie 

 ■works of the modern Greeks, or those v.ho wrote after the seat of the Roman govern- 

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

 have been translated by T. Owen, who also translated Varro and Palladius. Among 

 the Latins, the works of VaiTO are the first in tlie order of time ; next Cato, and Pliny, 

 and Columella, and, lastly, R. T. E. Palladius, supposed to have lived in the fom-th 

 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 

 11th 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 

 >Terc written, excepting on religion : the fuel which appeared on rural matters was by 



