STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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General Re marks.— The majority of the newer Conifers at Shanbally Castle 

 are not in a particularly thriving state, owing probably to the excess of lime in 

 the strong retentive soil. The above Abies Douf/lasii and A. nohiUs are notable 

 exceptions, and are very fine trees of their age. The specimens of the WelUng- 

 ton'ia gigantea and Cedrus Deodara, of which the dimensions are given, are 

 growing in a glen at the foot of the Galtee Mountains, where they are thriving 

 remarkably well, in a deep red sandy soil, on a gravel subsoil, in which Rhododen- 

 drons are also doing extra well. 



TYRONE. 

 Baron's Court. Duke op Abercorn. 



Altitude, 200 to 300 feet. Soil, deep peat, and loam; subsoil, gravel. 

 Correspondent : Mr, Robert Bell, Steward, Sec, Baron's Court, Newtown Stewart. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



O rr, 



!-i ^ 



a ^ 



o 



s 



O 



c< 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









32 



48 



3 



0 



22 



Sheltd. 



Growing 2^ ft. above lake. 





25 



52 



4 



0 



30 



)> 



Very vigorous grower. 





25 



48 



2 



10 



18 



>> 



Growing close to lake. 





12 



15 



0 



9 



5 



»> 



Healthy and handsome. 





25 



45 



2 



8 



3G 



J5 



Very vigorous grower. 





20 



42 



2 



10 



IG 



)? 



Very vigorous and healthy 



„ Nordmanniana ... 



25 



35 



2 



0 



15 



5> 



Vigorous grower. 



Araucaria imbricata ... 





35 



3 



10 



20 



5> 



Healthy ; fine specimen. 





30 



48 



4 



1 



27 





5> 55 





40 



50 



5 



7 



3G 



)> 



»» 55 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



22 



22 



1 



10 



12 



5» 



Healthy and free growing 



„ erecta viridis 



25 



18 



1 



7 



7 



3> 



Beautiful erect trees. 





16 



8 



0 



8 



6 





Yery richly coloured. 



Pinus austriaca 



25 



32 



3 



5 



14 



s.w. 



Bad grower. 





25 



40 



2 



8 



12 



Sheltd. 



Unhealth3^ 





8 



14 



0 



9 



7 



3) 



Very healthy and vigorous 



„ Laricio • 



35 



50 



5 



0 



20 





Fine tree ; branchy. 



Taxodium sempervirens 



25 



38 



3 



6 



23 





Fine ; rapid grower. 





25 



40 



2 



8 



17 



J5 



>' )» 





20 



20 



1 



5 



12 



)J 



Very graceful trees. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



25 



54 



6 



2 



21 



J > 



Beautiful healthy trees. 



General Remarks. — The newer Conifers, with very few exceptions, thrive 

 well here and make a vigorous growth. Many of them are fine specimens of 

 their kinds, as they are growing in well-sheltered spots surrounded by hardwoods, 

 from which the Conifers are now being kept clear. Abies Douglasii, A. Menziesii, A. 

 nodilis, Thuya gigantea, and the Wellingtonia are the most rapid growers, and 

 form, where they have had room to spread, very handsome and well-furnished 

 trees. All the Cypresses thrive vigorously, and Cupressus Lawsoniana erecta viridis 

 and C. L. lutea grow very freely, and being planted in quantity in the gardens, 

 their elegant forms and rich colcurs produce a very pleasing effect, and are quite 

 a feature of the place. 



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