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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



SLIGO. 



Markree Castle. Colonel E. H. Cooper. 

 Altitude, 130 feet. Soil, heavy loam and peat ; subsoil, marl and limestone. 

 Correspondent : Mr. Frederick Bottomer, Steward, Markree, Collooney. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height j 



Girth at 

 5 ft up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









27 



80 



5 2 



33 



S. 



Very fine specimen. 





27 



75 



4 10 



30 



N.E. 





,, Nordmanniana ... 



27 



50 



2 10 



18 



)i 



M 



Cedrus atlantica 



86 



40 



2 8 



19 





TTealthy ; good specimen. 



^"'apressus Lawsoniana 



20 



24 





25 





Very fine ; several stems. 



Taxodium sempervirens 



27 



45 



4 0 



25 





Very fine specimen. 





23 



40 





32 



S. 



55 55 



Thuyopsis borealis 



27 



32 



2 7 



23 





5 5 5 5 



Wellingtonia gigantea. . 



30 



55 



4 5 



16 



E. 





General Kbmarks. — In the very heavy and retentive soil which chiefly 

 predominates on this domain, comparatively few of the coniferous family continue 

 to thrive for any great length of time, although many of them promise well for a 

 few years after they are planted. As will be seen, however, from the measure- 

 ments given, Alien Bouglasii, A. Memiesii, and A. Nordmanniana are thriving 

 remarkably well. These, as v/ell as the Taxodiuvi sempervirens and Thuyopsis 

 horealis, were planted by me in February 1867, and the progress they have made 

 in the time is very satisfactory. The same may be said in respect to Cupressus 

 Lansoniana and TJmya gigantea — two quick-growing, hardy, and useful Conifers. 

 The Wellingtonia glgantea of which details are given is the only really good speci- 

 men among many, and generally they are not doing at all well. Most kinds of 

 the newer Conifers have been planted here from time to time, but, except those 

 mentioned, tbey have all proved more or less unsatisfactory. I may add, the Scots 

 Pine and Silver Fir, as well as Ash, Beech, and other hardwood trees, grow 

 remarkably well in the strong soil and moist climate of this district. 



TIPPEKAEY. 



Shanbally Castle. Viscount Lismore. 

 Soil, heavy and light loam; subsoil, stiff clay and gravel. 

 Correspondent : Mr. John Eraser, The Gardens, Shanbally, Clogheen. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Crirth a+ 

 5 ft. up 



ii 

 p~ 



t-l 

 o 



Q, 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









30 



67 



5 6 



38 



N.E. 



Very healthy tree. 





27 



44 



4 6 



24 



N. 



Thriving well. 





27 



51 



4 0 



24 



N.W. 



Very fine specimen. 



Wellingtonia gigantea. . 



34 



70 



8 6 



30 



55 



)5 55 



