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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



WEXFORD. 



CouRTOWN. Earl op Courtown. 

 Altitude, 20 to 40 feet. Soil, alluvial and loam ; subsoil, clay, gravel, and rocky 

 Correspondent : Mr. James Turner, The Gardens, Courtov^n, Gorey. 



Botanical Xame 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. 



In. 



Feet 









22 



1 K 



10 



U 



Q 



y 



1 A 



Level. 



Fine ornamental tree. 





19 



■lb 



q 



c 

 O 



91 





Vigorous specimen. 





41 



ftA 

 oU 





o 



£;o 

 \)6 



-Hi. 





„ Menziesii 



22 





o 



6 



15 



Level. 



Growth checkd. bj' storms- 



Nordmanniana ... 



16 



26 



1 



6 



12 



)> 



Very ornamental. 



., Smitliiana 



41 



49 



6 



0 



25 





Graceful habit ; fine tree. 



., Webbiana 



41 



52 



6 



3 



40 



E. 



Fine sx^ecimen, 

 )) J) 



Araucaria imbricata 



41 



35 



4 



0 



17 



Level. 





46 



-45 



6 



0 



30 





11 11 



Cryptomeria japonica ... 



27 



41 



4 



6 



22 



S. 



Very handsome. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana... 



22 



29 



3 



0 



15 



S.W. 



Valuable for ornament. 





22 



25 



2 



0 



5 





11 11 



„ ,, ,, viridis 



19 



19 







6 







„ macro carpa... 



24 



42 



5 



0 



30 



In a 



Vigorous specimen. 















hollow. 





,, nutkaensis ... 



27 



21 



2 



3 



15 



Level. 



Very graceful habit. 





46 



42 



5 



3 



30 



S. 



Fine specimen. 



„ insignis 



24 



40 



3 



o 



15 



w. 



Vigorous & free-growing. 





41 



49 



5 



6 



30 



Level. 



Fine specimen. 



Sequoia sempervirens ... 



27 



47 



5 



6 



30 





Fast growr.; leader brittle 



Thuya gigantea 



23 



36 



5 



0 



16 





Vigorous ; useful tree. 





24 



20 



1 



6 



10 



)> 



Beautiful and useful. 



General Remarks. By the Earl of Courtown. — The ages of the specimens 

 of Conifers of which the details are given are counted from the year in which 

 the trees were planted. They are growing at a low altitude, near to the sea, on the 

 Wexford coast, where the low sand-hills along the shore afford very little 

 shelter from the saline breeze. Pinus insignis, planted in much exposed places^ 

 stands the saline blast remarkably well. Among the most flourishing of our other 

 Conifers are Ahies Douf/lasii, some hundreds of which, of different ages, are 

 growing vigorously ; A. Alhertiana, very fast grower and handsome tree ; Cupressus- 

 macrocarpa, a most vigorous grower and one of the best for resisting the salt 

 blast from the sea ; Cryptomeria jap)onica, very flourishing and handsome ; 

 Cupressus Lawsoniana, which promises to be useful for timber, as well as its 

 several varieties, all hardy and very ornamental ; and Thuya gigantea, of which 

 large numbers have been raised from cuttings of the oldest tree (the dimensions 

 of which are given in the table), and planted out in the domain, where they are 

 growing vigorously and promise in time to be valuable timber trees. For 

 ornament, besides the Cupressus mentioned, Cupressus nutkaensis, formerly 

 known as TJiuyopsis borealis, is a very valuable Conifer ; and so is the handsome and 

 very distinct Thuyopsis dola^hrata, which grows well here. Sequoia se?npervirens- 

 grows fast, but the leader is so brittle that it is very liable to be broken with the 

 gale, and in consequence it is not likely to prove a useful timber-tree in this 

 locality. Abies Menziesii has also suffered from the storms, although not to the 

 same extent. Abies alba is a fine ornamental Spruce, and might be useful in 

 damp localities and at high altitudes. 



