STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IX THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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KILDARE. 



Caeton. Duke of Leinstee. 



Altitude, 80 feet. Soil, deep loam ; subsoil, clay. 

 Correspondent : Mr. Alezandee Black, The Gardens, Carton, Maynooth. 



Botmical NEime 



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Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



s i 



" ii 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. 



In. 



Feet 









— 



63 



6 



0 



29 



TV. 



Yer}' fine specimen. 





— 



80 



6 



0 



34 





,, rapid grower. 







33 



4 



0 



21 



S.E. 



Handsome tree. 



„ Nordmanniana ... 



— 



34 



2 



6 



15 



S. 



)) J! 







1 1 1 



15 



6 



Q7 

 1/ ( 



N.W. 



Fine old specimen. 







38 



3 



6 



18 



N.E. 



Handsome tree. 







15 



1 



9 



12 



S. 



Thriving. 







56 



8 



0 



53 



S.E. 



Grand specimen. 







37 



2 



6 



28 





Beautiful ; doing well. 







76 



14 



0 



79 



S. 



Grand old specimen. 







72 



14 



0 



88 



s.w. 



Cryptomeria elegans ... 





16 



2 



0 



10 



s. 



Very effective. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana... 





35 



4 



0 



19 





Free growing ; graceful. 







17 



1 



0 



5 





Handsome. 







37 



4 



0 



17 





! ) 







40 



4 



0 



20 



s'.E. 



)) 



Taxodium sempervirens 





47 



6 



0 



38 



w. 



Strong growing ; fine tree 





28 



5 



6 



30 



s.w. 



Doing well. 







32 







66 





Fine specimen. 



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„ „ fastigiata 





18 







10 



s. 







28 



2 



6 



15 



w. 



5) 



Wellingtonia gigantea ... 





45 



7 



0 



21 



s.w. 



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Geneeal Eemaeks. — The above specimens are among the largest of their 

 kind growing in the grounds here, and they, as well as many others of the hardy 

 Coniferse, are very healthy and tliriving. There are other specimens of those in 

 the list fully equal in beauty, and exceeding them in girth of stem and spread of 

 branches : an AMes Pinsapo, for instance, girths 4 feet, with a diameter of 

 branches of 25 feet — a very handsome specimen. There are also many other fine 

 specimens of Cedars and Yews, which are a special feature of the place. 

 Cupressvs macrocarjja a few years planted grows very fast, and is doing re- 

 markably well. 



