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and the diameter of the space covered by its branches is 39 ft.; 

 a common laurel, 90 years planted, is 45 ft, high, the diameter 

 of its trunk, at 1 ft. from the ground, is 6 ft. [probably from tlie 

 number of diverging branches proceeding direct from the crown 

 of the root], and the diameter of the space its branches cover is 

 101 ft. ! A Zaiirus nobilis, 16 years planted, is 34 ft. high, and 

 the diameter of the space covered by its branches is 25 ft. ; 

 Cupressus sempervirens, 50 years planted, is 59 ft. high. 



At Castle Freke, in the county of Cork, the seat of Lord 

 Carberry, there appear to be some fine specimens. Z^hododen- 

 dron ponticnm is 8 ft. high, and the branches cover a space 76 ft. 

 in circumference; the Quercus /^lex, 26 years planted, 36ft. 

 high; the Lucombe oak, of the same age, 39 ft. high; and the 

 sweet chestnut, 44 ft. high; Aristotelm Mdcqui, on light soil 

 over gravel, forms a handsome tree, 26 ft. high, with a trunk 

 8 J in. in diameter at 1 ft. from the ground. 



At Florence Court, the residence of the Earl of Enniskillen, 

 there is a good collection of trees, the dimensions of many of 

 which have been sent us by the gardener there, Mr. Young. 

 The tulip tree, at 38 years' growth, is 35 ft. high; ^^cer mon- 

 tanum, at 38 years' growth, 50 ft. high; the Portugal laurel, at 

 40 years' growth^ is 32 ft. high, and its branches cover a space 

 22 ft. in diameter; Cornus florida, 38 years planted, is 16 ft. 

 high, and the branches cover a space of 20 ft. in diameter ; 

 iSambucus nigra, at 40 years of age, is 50 ft. high; the walnut, 

 at 50 years of age, is 40 ft. high ; and the Canadian poplar, at 

 30 years' growth, 70 ft. high; the scarlet oak, 40 years planted, 

 is 70 ft. high ; and different varieties of Quercus Cerris, all 

 planted 38 years, are also 70 ft. high ; the common yew, at 80 

 years of age, is 30 ft. high, and its branches cover a space of 

 soft, in diameter; and the Irish yew, sometimes called the 

 Florence Court yew, the original plant being still in existence 

 in the grounds, has attained the height of 26 ft. 



At Kihrudery House, in the county of Wicklow, the seat of 

 the Earl of Meath, are some remarkably fine evergreen oaks. 

 One of these, by no means larger than the rest, measured for us 

 by Mr. Niven in February, 1835, was 60 ft. high, with a trunk 

 11 5 ft. in circumference at 1 ft. from the ground. 



The oldest cedars of Lebanon in L-eland are said to be at 

 Mount Anvilie Hill, the seat of Counsellor West, K.C. These 

 cedars, we are informed, were brought direct from Mount Le- 

 banon, by an ancestor of Lord Tremblestov/n. We have tried 

 in vain to get their dimensions, for which reason we suspect they 

 are not very remarkable. The finest, we believe, are at Castle- 

 town, Kildare, the seat of Edward ConoUy, Esq., M.P. One 

 of these, Colonel Conolly informs us, is 13 ft. in girt at 1 ft. from 

 the ground, and has a clear stem of 30 ft. 



