STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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^YICKLOW. 



COOLLATTIX. EAEL FlTZWILLIAil. 



Altitude, 600 feet. Soil, light gravelly loam ; subsoil, slatey rock. 

 Correspondent : Mr. James Whytock, The Gardens, Coollattin Park, Shillelagh. 



Botanical Name 



Age 





G-irth at 

 5 ft. up 



s « 



H 



Exposure 



Eemarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. 



III. 



Feet 







Abies canadensis 



45 



30 



7 



0 



28 



E. 



^ ery good specimen. 



,, concolor 



25 



46 



4 



3 



17 







40 



74 



10 



0 



45 



s'.'e. 



Vigorous ; handsome treo. 



16 



26 



2 



0 



16 



w. 



55 55 



„ Menziesii 



45 



80 



9 



0 



38 



N.E. 



;) •» 





25 



40 



4 



0 



15 



>» 



Free growing ; fine. 



Nordmanniana ... 



16 



22 



1 



6 



11 



E. 



Handsome, ^■igorous tree. 





30 



40 



4 



9 



28 



N. 



Fine specimen. 





30 



50 



4 



0 



20 





J5 55 



Araucaria imbricat a ... 



35 



30 



5 



0 



28 



n'.e. 



)5 55 



Cedrus Deodara 



35 



46 



10 



6 



38 



w. 



Yer}' fine specimen. 



5 J 55 



Cryptomeria japonica... 



38 



67 



5 



0 



28 



s.w. 



C'upressus Lawsoniana 



25 



35 



4 



6 



17 





!5 5» 



,, macrocarpa 



40 



64 



9 



o 

 O 



51 









30 



25 



4 



0 



]5 



n'.e. 



Good specimen. 



„ excelsa 



40 



44 



16 



0 



44 



s.w. 



Fine spreading tree. 





40 



56 



9 



0 



52 





5 5 55 



Taxodium sempervirens 



40 



55 



8 



6 



29 



E. 



Very fine specimen. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



34 



64 



8 



6 



25 



S.E. 



5 5 5 5 



General Eemarks. — The introduced Conifers were freely planted at Cool- 

 lattin soon after their introduction to this country, and many of them are now 

 large and very fine specimens. Abies Donglasii, A. grandis, and A. Jlenziesii are 

 by far the fastest growers, and average over 2 feet of grow^th in height of leader 

 every year. A. nobilis, A. jSordmanniana, and A. Smitliiana also grow tolerably 

 fast, but require more shelter. Cryptomeria japonica, Oapressus Lan-soniana, C. 

 macrocarpa, Pimis insignis, and Wellingtonia gigantea, thrive well, and form fine 

 trees. 



