STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BEITISH ISLANDS. 



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Kylemoee Castle. Mitchell Henry, Esq. 

 Altitude, 100 feet. Soil, peaty; subsoil, gravelly clay. 

 Correspondent : Mr. William Farmer, The Castle Gardens, Kylemore. 



Botanical Kame 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



t-l 



o 

 p. 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









15 



14 



0 10 



10 



s. 



Doing well; healthy. 





25 



35 



8 2 



21 





Fine vigorous specimen. 





25 



45 



4 9 



24 





Fine; lost lower branches. 



Nordmanniana ... 



25 



40 



3 2 



22 





Nicely furnished spec. 





15 



10 



0 10 



8 





Doing well ; healthy. 



Araucaria imbricata ... 



20 



28 



2 5 



18 





Very fine specimen. 





13 



15 



1 1 



10 





Does fairly well. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



20 



20 



2 4 



14 





Healthy and thriving. 



„ macrocarpa 



20 



48 



6 0 



30 





Very vigorous specimen. 





15 



12 



0 9 



9 





Doing well. 





25 



56 



6 6 



33 





Very vigorous growing. 





25 



35 



2 6 



16 





Lost Iwr. branches ; rough. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



25 



40 



4 6 



20 





Fairly good specimen. 



General Eemarks — The Pinetum here, in which most of the above 

 specimens are growing, is well sheltered from the north, but fully exposed to the 

 south, east, and west. The greatest evil which Conifers have to contend with in 

 the west of Connemara is the strong salt-laden breeze which sweeps in from the 

 Atlantic, and where it hits them with its full force, comparatively few of them 

 thrive well under it. By far the best of all the species of Conifers growing here 

 for withstanding the salt breeze are Pliivs ini^ignis and Cvjyressns viacrocarpa, 

 which seem to grow with increased vigour under its influence, and have far out- 

 stripped all other Conifers in their growth. Both are perfectly hardy here, and the 

 saline-laden gales which we so often experience have no injurious effect on these 

 two v'aluable trees. Alies polita is among the best of the Spruces for standing 

 the salt breeze. Where they are well sheltered from the maritime gales, most of 

 the newer Conifers thrive well in Connemara. 



