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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Garbally. Earl of Clancarty. 



Altitude, 150 to 250 feet. Soil, light loam ; subsoil, gravel. 

 Correspondent : Mr. John Cobban, The Gardens, Garbally, Ballinasloe. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









36 



„ 40 



3 6 



20 



open. 



Very handsome specimen. 





86 



43 



3 6 



20 







33 



42 



3 0 



16 



sheltd. 



Good specimen. 



„ Nordmanniana ... 



22 



33 



2 4 



16 



)j 



Very fine, in perfect health 



Araucaria imbricata ... 



25 



30 



2 2 



12 



»> 







30 



40 



2 1 



21 



>) 



if »> 





50 



65 



6 0 



33 



)> 





Cryptomeria japonica... 



35 



45 



2 3 



17 







Cupressus Lawsoniana 



25 



33 



4 4 



25 





»> 5> 



„ erecta viridis 



25 



24 





7 



»> 



A striking variety. 



,, gracilis 



16 



15 





9 



5> 



A perfect specimen. 



„ macrocarpa ... 



25 



36 





31 



>» 



>> >> 



Pinus Cembra 



40 



50 



6 8 



46 



»J 





Thuya gigantea 



33 



50 



4 4 



43 



J> 







17 



20 





12 





Beautiful specimen. 



WelliDgtonia gigantea 



33 



50 



6 4 



33 



>> 



A perfect specimen. 



General Eemarks. — The newer Conifers have been planted here in consi- 

 derable numbers within the past dozen years, and in the light gritty loam with an 

 open gravelly bottom, they are almost without exception thriving Vv'ith remarkable 

 vigour. The specimens of which the details are given in the table are among the 

 earliest planted, and the largest here of their kind ; and, generally, they are 

 extremely handsome trees, in perfect health. The first two specimens men- 

 tioned in the table, Aiies concolor and A. rjrandis, have had their side branches 

 pruned in slightly several times, owing to want of space to allow them to spread, 

 and they seem to like the treatment, as they are beautiful, close, well-furnished 

 conical trees, in perfect health, and very attractive objects in the spot where 

 they grow. 



