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Views and Reviews. 
Trees and Shrubs at Gastle- 
wellan. 
In July last the Right Hon. the Earl of 
Annesley read a paper on the subject of 
“ Ornamental Trees and Shrubs,” in the 
gardens at Castlewellan, co. Down, his 
beautiful seat in the Emerald Isle. This 
paper now appears in the " Journal ” of the 
Royal Horticultural Society for December 
last, accompanied by numerous excellent 
illustrations, prepared from photographs. 
The trees and shrubs with which he dealt are 
usually spoken of as half hardy or greenhouse 
subjects, but they prove hard}" at Castlewel- 
lan, and he thinks that many of them would 
turn out to he equally hardy in Britain, pro¬ 
vided they were properly tested. Of their 
hardiness at Castlewellan we think there can 
he no doubt, judging from the wealth of 
vegetation and its evident vigour, as repre¬ 
sented by the numerous full-page illustra¬ 
tions by which the paper is accompanied. 
The first one here shown is Idesia poly- 
carpa, which is hardy at Kew. We cannot 
say so much for Pittosporum Colensoi, P. 
Mayi and Senecio Forsteri. Abies bracteata 
is relatively hardy at Kew, but, like several 
other Conifers within the smoke radius of 
London, and owing to the poor, sandy nature 
of the soil, it is not particularly happy there. 
The other trees and shrubs here figured are 
quite hardy, though not represented in every 
case by such fine specimens. We refer to 
Plagianthus Lyalli, Abies concolor viclacea, 
Cupressus lawsoniana, C. 1. lutea, C. macro- 
carpa lutea, Abies nordmanniana, and C. 
nootkatensis lutea, which are beautifully 
symmetrical specimens that would be worthy 
of a place in the best gardens of the countiy. 
Many other of the trees and shrubs men¬ 
tioned in his lordship’s paper are also 
grown at Kew, and prove more or less happy 
under the conditions. Why Broussonetia 
2 >apyrifera (the Paper Mulberry) should not 
fruit at Kew is difficult to say, as it fruits 
splendidly at Paris, and evidently also at 
Castlewellan. Other uncommon things at 
Kew, and that give greater or less satisfac¬ 
tion in the open, are Akebia quinata, Erio- 
botrya japonica, Kadsura japonica, Rhus 
Toxicodendron (Poison Ivy), Paphiolepis 
ovata, Halesia hispida, Rhus vemieifera, 
Sciadopitys verticillata, Berberis Thunbergii, 
Lespedeza bicolor, Caesalpinia japonica, and 
many others. Osinanthus ilicifolia even 
flowered in the open during the month of 
December. Indeed, when one commences to 
analyse the list, it is evident that a large 
number of them are grown with greater or 
less success at Kew and elsewhere in the 
suburbs of London. 
While the bulk of them here mentioned 
may be regarded as rare or quite uncommon 
in this country, it by no means follows that 
this is due to their want of hardiness, but 
rather to the lack of enterprise on the part 
of the majority of collectors and planters in 
this countiy. Indeed, we have a wealth of 
flowering trees and shrubs at command, with 
which the private demesne could be embel¬ 
lished " beyond tbe dreams of avarice,” to 
quote a familiar phrase. So negligent has 
the planter been that a few things have been 
allowed to monopolise gardens, large and 
small, to an extent that is beyond compre>- 
hension, when it is considered how 
monotonous they make the parks and private 
gardens appear. There is also> a sameness 
between one garden and another, owing to 
this constant repetition of a few common sub¬ 
jects, like Laurel Cherries, Rhododendrons, 
Lilacs, Mahonias, Flowering Currants, and 
other occupants of the shrubberies, particu¬ 
larly those situated alongside of drives and 
avenues. There is something imposing and 
magnificent in the long avenue of Horse 
Chestnuts at Bushey Park, but at the same 
time we should regret to see this repeated in 
every other park, public or private. 
Castlewellan is favourably situated for tbe 
cultivation of trees, shrubs, and many other 
subjects, but we think the example in plant¬ 
ing might well be followed in various parts 
of this countiy, where the owners at present 
seem to trouble themselves little about the 
matter. It is situated on one of the foot¬ 
hills of the Mourne Mountains in the county 
of Down, about three miles from the Irish 
Channel, where it is subjected to the influence 
of the Gulf Stream. Many parts of the 
