562 



JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



WATEEFORD. 



CURRAGHMORE. MARQUIS OF WATERFORD, 



Altitude, 250 to 300 feet. Soil, light loam ; subsoil, sandy. 



Correspondent : iMr. Edward Tucker, The Gardens, Curraghraore, Portlaw. 



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BotfiniCcil !NaiHe 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In . 



Feet 







Abies cephalonica 



40 



36 



3 6 



18 



Sheltd. 



Healthy, fine tree. 



concolor 



17 



30 



2 0 



15 



S. 



Fast growing ; beautiful. 





25 



36 



3 0 



25 





Vigorous growing". 



T^n crpl m mrn 1 



17 



24 



2 1 



14 





Beautiful tree. 



grandis 



56 



68 



8 0 







A verj'' fine tree. 



Menziesii 



56 



110 



10 0 



50 





A grand specimen. 



IMorinda 



40 



60 



6 6 



36 





Very graceful. 



nobilis 



40 



65 



7 3 



37 





Fine specimen. 



,, ordmanniana .. - 



25 



20 



2 0 



10 





Fine slow-o'rowino' tree. 



pectinata 



120 



100 



11 0 



55 





A splendid specimen. 



Araucaria imbricata ... 



45 



45 



4 3 



30 





A well-f urnishd specimen, 



Cedrus atlantica 



45 



35 



3 0 



18 





Healthy ; growing slow. 



Deodara 



40 



36 



3 6 



30 





A perfect specimen. 



Crvptomeria elegans ... 



25 



12 





15 





Distinct and effective. 



., iaponica... 



30 



35 



4 0 



25 





Fine specimen. 



Cupressus Goveniana... 



30 



16 





14 





Fine small tree. 



,, Lawsoniana 



30 



35 



3 2 



20 





A very useful tree. 



erecta viridis 



25 



28 



3 0 



8 





A very effective variet}'. 



,. macrocarpa 



30 



57 



4 3 



30 





Fine fast-o'rowino" tree. 





30 



15 



2 0 



10 





Graceful habit. 





30 



21 





11 





Fine small tree. 



Libocedrus decurrens 



30 



20 



3 0 



10 i . 



Distinct in habit Sc colour. 







45 





40 „ 



Coarse spreading tree. 





120 



35 



5 2 



38 





Fine old specimen. 





50 



30 



6 10 



37 





Top often broken by wind. 





50 



38 



4 6 



35 





Loses top occasionally. 





35 



30 



3 0 



25 



s.w. 



Exposed to high winds. 





30 



35 



2 6 



25 









17 



20 



1 8 



10 





5' 5» 



,, sylvestris 



120 



90 



6 6 







In sheltered valley. 





20 



22 



2 0 



21 





A beautiful tree. 





20 



12 



3 0 



10 





5 J 5> 





20 



20 



2 0 



20 







AVellingtonia gigantea 



20 



30 



3 6 



15 





A fine specimen. 



General Remarks. — The newer Conifers have been planted here in con- 

 siderable numbers, and are mostly growing in a well-sheltered valley surrounded 

 by deciduous trees. They are generally in a thriving condition, and some of the 

 oider trees are very fine specimens; notohly Ahles MenzlesU, A. (jrandls. A, nohUis, 

 and A. Morinda, the Silver Fir, and the Scots Fir, The last is growing on the 

 banks of a river, in good free soil, where there are many thousands of Scots Fir 

 nearly equal to it, and in fine healthy condition. The Araucaria, Deodara, 

 Cryptomeria, Cypresses, Junipers, and Arborvitfes, all thrive well, and make 

 beautiful specimens. Most of the Pines grow at the highest altitudes — Plnns 

 Larlc'io at .500 feet— and are much exposed to high wind, which often breaks ofl 

 their leading shoots. 



