5G6 



JOUHNxiL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



POWERSCOURT. ViSCOUNT POWERSCOURT. 

 Altitude, 300 to 450 feet. Soil, loam, peaty; subsoil, gravel and sand. 



Correspondent : Mr. David Crombte, The Gardens, Powerscourt, Enniskerry. 













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Botanical Xame 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5ft. up 



Diameter 

 Branche 



Exposui 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft 



In. 



Feet 









24 



46 



4* 



2 



21 



s.w. 



Healthy ; fine trees. 





22 



35 



3 



Q 



12 



o. 





24 



40 



4 



2 



30 



S.E. 



Very fine specimen. 



Dougiasii 



32 



75 



7 



0 



32 







„ grandis 



24 



32 



4 



2 





O. vV . 



Beautiful, healthy tree, 



5! J> 





22 





a 

 D 



u 



ID 



8 





24 





A 

 t 



A 



u 



1 O 









25 



48 



4 



g 



22 



S. 



Healthy and fine. 





25 



40 



5 



0 



22 



S.W. 





25 



43 



3 



4 



18 



S.E. 



,, ,, 



„ Nordmanniana ... 



25 



45 



5 



0 



20 



S. 



Very fine specimen. 





22 



22 



3 



Q 



12 









24 



43 



4 



A 

 U 



20 



" 



Fine healthy tree. 





24 



45 



5 



A 



yj 



24 





Very fine specimen. 





24 



48 



4 



2 



24 



S.W. 





Araucaria imbricata . . . 



25 



25 



2 



6 



16 





Healthy and tine. 





25 



40 



3 



4 



25 







25 



45 



3 



6 



25 



sV 



Weakly specimen. 



Cryptomeria japonica... 



32 



48 



7 



6 



30 



S.E. 



Very fine specimen. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



25 



40 



3 



10 



24 



S.W. 





„ macrocarpa 



32 



63 



7 



6 



38 



s. 





Fitzroya patagonica ... 



22 



18 



1 



6 



12 



S.E. 



Healthy and fine. 





25 



38 



4 



2 



18 



S.W. 







25 



35 



3 



9 



18 



S. 



5> 5> 





24 



40 



3 



6 



25 



S.E. 







32 



82 



10 



0 



33 





Very fine specimen. 



25 



40 



2 



3 



14 



n'.'e. 



Healthy and fine. 





24 



36 



2 



0 



14 







Taxodium sempervirens 



25 



50 



5 



6 



20 



S. 



Fine specimen. 





24 



57 



5 



0 



24 



S.W. 



Very fine specimen. 



„ occidentalis pendula 



22 



15 



2 



0 



8 



s. 



Fine ornamental tree. 



Thuyopsis borealis 



24 



40 



4 



0 



22 



S.E. 



Beautiful tree. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



30 



52 



9 



10 



24 



S. 



Very fine healthy spec. 



General Eemarks. — The newer Conifers were planted here in great numbers 

 from 20 to 30 years ago, both in the ornamental grounds and in the plantations, 

 and generally speaking they have made satisfactory progress. Among them all, 

 probably the Douglas Fir takes the lead as a free-growing, handsome, and useful 

 tree. It is nothing unusual for it, as well as several others of the newer Conifera}, 

 to make a leading shoot of 3 feet in a season, and some of them approach 4 feet. 

 The free soil and airy slopes of the Wicklow mountains, on which they grow, 

 seem to suit the great majority of Conifers, and in such a position many of them 

 promise to form very handsome trees, with fine, straight, well-grown stems, at a 



