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Castlewellan is the home of a distinct 

 and beautiful Daffodil which was found 

 naturalised and growing abundantly 

 there some years ago, and whence it 

 has been distributed under the name of 

 Countess of Annesky. Apart from hardy 

 or out-door trees and plants, however, 

 the extensive ranges of plant and fruit 



from the same source. Adjoining the 

 mansion at Castlewellan is a well-fur- 

 nished and artistically arranged winter- 

 garden. Here we especially noticed 

 healthy masses of the rare A?~undi?2aria 

 aristata, a species introduced by Lord 

 Annesley from Northern India (see 

 " Bamboo Garden," pp. 176-177). It 



EVERGREEN TREES AT CASTLEWELLAN. 



houses are well worthy of attention — 

 ferns, palms, rare aquatics, orchids, and 

 plants with ornamental foliage are all 

 well grown. In the aquatic-house the 

 very handsome Nymphcea gigantea of 

 Queensland has flowered well for several 

 years (see Flora and Sylva, Vol. 1., p. 

 3 03), and we have also seen it very beau- 

 tiful in the Belfast Botanical Gardens 



grows naturally at about 11,000 feet 

 elevation on the North-Eastern Hima- 

 layas, and has proved a very hardy and 

 ornamental garden plant. Cleanliness 

 of growth and beauty or freshness of 

 foliage are due no doubt to a rich and 

 fertile soil, to good cultivation, and to 

 the all-important matters of plant food 

 and feeding, and lastly, but certainly not 



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