STATISTICS OF CONIFEES IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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KING'S COUNTY. 

 Bier Castle. Earl Kosse. 

 Altitude, low. Soil, heavy loam ; subsoil, clay. 

 Correspondent: Mr. T. J. Hart, The Castle Gardens, Parsonstown. 





Age 



Height 



Grirth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 



■ 



Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 











65 



6 0 



29 



sheltd. 



Splendid tree. 







83 



6 0 



32 







Araucaria imbricata ... 





30 



2 6 



14 





Thriving well. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 





40 



■4 6 



30 







Taxodium sempervirens 





35 



3 0 



25 



>» 





"Wellingtonia gigantea 





45 



y 0 



30 





K flue specimen. 



General Remarks. — There are but few large specimens of the newer 

 Conifers growing here. b\it those of which the details are given above are tine 

 thriving trees. A goodlv number of young trees, of these and other species, have 

 been planted within the last 15 years, most of which are in a fine healthy and 

 vigorous condition ; although the soil is of a very heavy nature, resting on a stilf 

 clayey subsoil. 



LIMEEICK. 

 Adare Manor. Earl of Dunraven. 

 Altitude, 60 feet. Soil, loam; subsoil, limestone. 

 Curresjjondent : Mr. Alfred Barker, The Gardens, Adare. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 it. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches . 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









40 



32 







22 



N.E. 



Thriving ; graceful tree. 





80 



90 



7 



6 







Many huge specimens. 



Araucaria imbricata ... 



28 



26 



2 



6 



15 





Fine thriving specimens. 



Cedrus Deodara 



50 



46 



5 



6 



25 









10 



88 



10 



0 



60 



5> 



Several fine specimens. 



Cryptomeria japonica... 





45 



3 



2 



15 



>5 



Doing fairly well. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



32 



43 



4 



3 



30 



>> 



Several as fine specimens 



„ macro carpa... 





55 







58 





Many fine vigorous trees. 





48 



50 



7 



2 



44 





Thrives vigorously. 





50 



72 



7 



6 



27 







Taxodium sempervirens 





30 



5 



0 



36 



?) 



Thr\'ng; gales brk leader. 







27 



5 



10 



12 







Weliingtonia giganiea 





55 



6 



7 



22 



55 



Thrives remarkably well. 



General Remarks. — Most Conifers that will grow in a strongly calcareous 

 soil, on a limestone or gravelly subsoil, seem to do well here. The following 

 species grow very freely, and are the most remarkable for the dimensions they 



