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The Cedars of Lebanon
at Wilton, and later Mount Merrion
The Cedars of Lebanon at Wilton House.
This is looking E (the E facade of the house is behind the camera).
On the LHS is the Millennium Fountain.
Photo 2003. See full size.
The Cedars of Lebanon at Wilton were planted by the 4th Earl in the 1630s.
These trees, which still stand at Wilton, are now over 350 years old.
From 1903 to 1914
Sir Nevile Wilkinson
resided
at Mount Merrion House,
Co.Dublin.
He planted on the lawn there cuttings
from the
cedars at Wilton,
"to celebrate their coming and the birth of their eldest daughter"
[Wilkinson, 1925].
These do not survive.
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On the RHS is part of the W end of the house.
Photos 2003.
(Left) See full size.
(Right) See full size.
The tree opposite the church at Mount Merrion
There is an unusually tall tree opposite the new church entrance at Mount Merrion. Does this also come from Wilkinson's time?[O'Doherty, 2007] said of Wilkinson: "They had two daughters, Gwendolyn and Phyllis. To celebrate their births two redwood trees were planted opposite the entrance to the Chapel of Therese."
But this is wrong. Wilkinson is clear that it was Cedars of Lebanon he planted at his daughter's birth [Wilkinson, 1925].
Wilkinson does not mention any redwood.
Also [Cockburn and FitzGerald, 2000] refer to this tall tree as a "pine tree".
The tall tree opposite the church entrance, Mount Merrion.
Behind the stables.
Photo 2004.
See full size.
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