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" oozing " a little near the root, but appears rather more vigorous 

 in health than No. 1. 



No. 3, to the south of ISTo. 2, is a picturesque tree. Its top is 

 quite gone, and evidently has been long ago destroyed. The re- 

 maining branches are all " stag-headed," and the tree is much 

 decayed. It girths 19 feet at 1 foot, 16 feet 7 inches at 3 feet, 

 and 18 feet 6 inches at 6 feet from the ground. The bole has 

 been quite short, as it branches off about 9 feet from the base 

 into huge limbs which are themselves the size of goodly trees. 



Other excellent specimens of old and remarkable Spanish 

 chestnuts in the midland districts of Scotland are found at 

 Hopetoun, and Newliston (Linlithgowshire) ; Tillicoultry, and 

 Tullibody (Clackmannan), where there are also other descriptions 

 of old trees of immense size ; at Airth and Dunipace (Stirling- 

 shire), and other localities which need not be multiplied, as 

 reference to the catalogue appended to this paper will give fuller 

 details. 



We should not, however, before concluding this paper, omit to 

 notice the many fine examples of Spanish chestnuts which abound 

 in East Lothian and Berwickshire, and along the sea coast in that 

 direction. Indeed, they appear to be more numerous and vigorous 

 in Haddingtonshire than in any other county of Scotland. Fine 

 specimens exist at Tynninghame, Broxmouth, Pressmeunan, 

 while at Yester there are two trees of unsurpassed beauty 

 and colossal proportions. It so happened that when obtaining 

 the dimensions of these trees in September 1878, a recent gale had 

 punished them a good deal, and the foresters had to climb them 

 to remove the broken branches. The measurements then taken 

 at various points are therefore strictly accurate, and are as 

 follows : — 



No. 1. At ground, girths 19 feet 8 inches ; at 5 feet from 

 ground, 16 feet 2 inches; at 12 feet, 14 feet 2 inches; at 28 feet, 

 12 feet 6 inches; at 41 feet, 11 feet 6 inches. Length of bole, 

 41 feet, and total height of tree, 87 feet. 



No. 2. At ground, girths 18 feet; at 5 feet from ground, 13 

 feet; at 12 feet, 13 feet; at 33 feet, 9 feet. Length of bole, 49 

 feet, and total height of tree, 83 feet. 



There is quite a wealth of magnificent Spanish chestnuts 

 growing in the dene at Dunglass, on the borders of Berwickshire 

 and Haddingtonshire, as reference to our statistics will show. 

 At Marchmont (Berwickshire) also, there is a fine clump of 

 eighteen old trees of rare beauty and grandeur. They seem for 

 the most part healthy and vigorous, though in several instances 

 they are evincing symptoms of incipient decay. 



The salubrious climate and soil near Arrochar, on Loch Long 

 and Loch Lomond, and at other places on the shores of the west 

 of Scotland, is very favourable to the rapid growth of trees 



