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JOURNAL OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



IRELAND. 



III.— STATISTICS OF CONIFEES IN IKELAND. 



ANTEIM. 



Shane's Castle. Lord O'Xeill. 



Altitude, GO to 100 feet. Soil, loam ; subsoil, clay and rock. 

 Correspondent : Mr. Charles Warwick, The Gardens, Shane's Castle, Antrin^. 



Botanical Name 



Agp 



Height 



airth at 

 5 ft. up 





1 



W 



Remarks 





Tear* 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









27 



49 



3 



11 



22 



E. 



Beautiful tree; grows fast. 





40 



84 



5 



9 



38 





Top blown 7 years aeo. 





29 



19 



1 



8 



16 



S. 



Loses its foliage every 















winter. 





27 



35 



3 



2 



10 





Fine thriving tree. 





40 



71 



9 



0 



45 





Stands cold winds well. 





40 



52 



6 



2 



30 



s. 



Eequires shelter. 





27 



50 



4 



3 



20 



S.R. 



Grafted tree ; very fine. 



„ Xordmanniana ... 



27 



30 



3 



4 



23 



S. 



Grows freely „ 



Araucaria imbricata . . . 



45 



35 



5 



9 



30 





Well sheltered 



Cedrus Deodara 



27 



20 



1 



6 



12 



w. 



Does not thrive here. 



Cryptomeria japonica... 



.32 



38 



6 



0 



27 



s. 



A fine specimen. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



27 



32 



2 



10 



14 



s.w. 



Fine thriving tree. 





45 



55 



11 



9 



44 



s. 







32 



41 



3 



9 



17 



E. 



Grows rapidly here. 



Taxodium sempei virens 



26 



53 



■7 



2 



29 



s. 



5) M 





26 



62 



5 



2 



24 



E. 



Very fast grower, and fine. 



Thuyopsis borealis 



26 



23 



3 



0 



20 



W. 



Beautiful : grows well. 



Weliingtonia gigaritea 



26 



36 



7 



9 



28 



E. 



Very fine specimen. 



General Remarks. — Conifers as a rule thrive well with us, especially when 

 sheltered from the cold cutting winds which so frequently blow here through the 

 winter and spring. Abies Menziesii is am.ong the best of the Spruces and Firs for 

 standing the blast, and grows robustly in any siiuation. Thuya g'lganteci grows 

 very rapidly, and both it and Thuyopsis horealis are very graceful and hardy trees, 

 thriving well in all situations. The Weliingtonia of which the dimensions are 

 given is a very fine tree at its age, and, growing in a warm aiid well-sheltered 

 spot, it promises to become one of the finest specimens in the North of Ireland. 



