Sir, – Declan Doyle (June 15th) thinks that the trees on College Green "seriously diminish the appreciation of one of Dublin's great vistas" and would be glad to see them removed. Trees come in a variety of sizes from giants to dwarfs and, as can be seen in a print from 1753, College Green was once a genuine "green" in 1753 with horses grazing on it. So we can still have street-enhancing "greenery", as Frank Byrne (June 12th) puts it, without damage to vistas by selecting and pruning trees to fit in with such a cityscape. – Yours, etc,
TONY CAREY,
Chairman,
Crann – Trees for Ireland,
Celbridge, Co Kildare.
Sir, – Andrew O'Rourke (June 17th) decries the growth of trees on certain parts of Dalkey Hill. Would he agree that the seemingly inexorable spread of houses on Dalkey Hill and elsewhere over the decades has tended to spoil the vista for visitors to Killiney and Dalkey too? — Yours, etc,
PATRICK JUDGE,
Dún Laoghaire,
Co Dublin.
Sir, – It would be hard to imagine other great Georgian cities like Bath or Edinburgh allowing the planting of trees in front of magnificent buildings. – Yours, etc,
JOE RYAN,
Dublin 14.