STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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CORK. 



FoTA Island. A. H. Smith Barry, Esq. 

 Altitude. 4 to 20 feet. Soil, light loam ; subsoil, marl. 

 Correspondent : Mr. Willfam Osborne, The Gardens, Fota, Carrigtwohill. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



l1 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









— 



1 A 

 iU 







9 



Open. 



Very ornamental. 





— 



1 o 



lU 







6 



>> 





— 



RO 

 oU 



6 



3 



30 



j> 



Will not stand high winds 



„ grandis 



— 



40 



2 



6 



18 



>> 



Very ornamental ; quick 

















growing. 





— 





1 



10 



10 



u 



Very ornamental ; dis- 

















tinct from A. concolor. 





— 



Q 



O 







5 



>J 



Very ornamental. 





— 



OU 



5 



6 



25 



)> 



Fast growing ; healthy. 





— 



DO 



4 



6 



12 



J« 



,, very beautiful. 



Kordmanniana ... 





30 



2 



0 



14 



l> 



Very ornamental. 





— 



Qn 

 o\) 



1 



9 



12 



>> 



Lovely trees. 





— 



DU 



3 



6 



— 



J' 



hardy here. 







62 



4 



3 



20 



J> 



Beautiful in spring. 







HO 



2 



6 



18 





Very ornamental ; cones. 





— 



45 



5 



2 



18 



>) 



Ornmnt.; cones & ripens. 





— 



50 



5 



0 



30 



»> 





., Deodara 



— 



65 



6 



0 



35 



») 





Cryptomeria japonica ... 



— 



56 



3 



6 



20 



J> 



Most ornamental trees. 



,, „ Lobbii 





54 



3 



0 



16 



>J 



»' >> 



Cupressus Lawsoniana... 





20 





_ 



10 



J> 



f» »» 



,, macrocarpa... 





76 







45 



>» 



<> i> 







45 







20 



J> 



j> »> 







65 



8 



0 



55 











70 







30 





Not very ornamental. 

 J) )) 



,, ponderosa 





20 







12 



J> 



Taxodium sempervirens 





75 



7 



6 



25 



»» 



Free growing ; tine tree. 







56 



4 



0 



27 



J> 



Quick growing ; beauti- 

















ful tree. 



ThuYopsis borealis 





22 







12 



» 



Most ornamental tree. 



Weliingtonia gigantea ... 





60 



5 



0 



12 



>> 



5> » 



General Remarks. — All the Conifers at Fota are growing at a low altitude, 

 some of them only a foot or two above high-water mark. Sequoia {Taxodium') 

 sempervirens is growing in swampy land reclaimed from the sea, and does 

 remarkably well, being among the largest of the newer Conifers growing on 

 Fota Island. Pinus insi(jnis is the handsomest and freest-growing of all the 

 Pines we have, and thrives well near the sea, making sometimes a growth of 

 4 feet in a season. Cupressus macrocarpa also grows vigorously along wuth 

 IP. insignis, and forms a very beautiful tree. All the Cypresses that grow in 

 Britain thrive well here, and are very ornamental. The Cedars and Araucaria 

 imlricata bear cones and ripen seed regularly. Most of the Abies are lovely 

 trees, and are indispensable in all ornamental grounds. In addition to those 

 named in the list, I may mention that fine trees are growing here of AMes 

 AlcocMana, which should be in every collection ; A. tracteata, a very quick- 

 growing ornamental tree, which has borne cones here ; A. Engelmannii glauca, 

 a most desirable and perfectly hardy Spruce ; and A. numidica, a beautiful deep 

 green, dense-growing species of Fir of the most ornamental character. Thuija 



