SPANISH CHESTNUTS IN SCOTLAND. 



65 



Spanish Chestnut — continued. 



Height 

 of Tree 

 in Feet 



Length 



of 

 Bole. 



Present 



Circumference of 



Trunk at 



1 foot. 3 feet. 5 feet 



Any former 



recorded 



Measurements and 



Dates. 



Date. 



At 1 

 Foot. 



At 3 

 Feet. 



ti o a 

 ^■^■= 



» « H 

 ^ o s 

 a I" a 



CS ft I; 



KEMARKS. 



Ft. in. 



50 



50 



GO 



75 



65 



85 



68 



En- ) 

 tire ( 

 top (■ 

 gone; 



80 

 75 

 80 



75 



65 



70 



75 



66 



74 

 70 



50 



70 

 85 



Ft. in. 



30 



6 



14 



31 



13 

 12 

 10 



10 



32 

 22 



5 



17 6 

 10 



Ft. in. Ft. in. 



9 6 



21 



22 

 18 

 10 



19 10 



15 10 



19 



19 1 

 13 



20 9 



22 5 



20 1 



17 7 



16 7 



16 



10 8 



11 3 



20 



11 6 



25 



24 8 



16 10 



14 9 



10 7 



13 11 



10 8 

 17 3 



18 6 



18 



Ft. in 



9 



14 



15 

 14 



13 3 

 19 6 



12 3 



16 6 



14 2 



18 6 



12 



9 11 



15 



16 



16 2 



12 9 



12 8 



l3 



8 6 



9 8 



9'4 

 ,22 



:19 



1862 

 1862 



1S70 



Ft. in. 



(1858 

 "( 16 4 

 i 1858 

 ll6 8 



Ft. in. 



1862 ) 

 •2 10 f 

 1862 ) 

 14 Of 



Ft. in. 



50 



51 

 50 



15 



72 



1862 



16 



66 



38 

 40 



C Many fine specimens here. 

 .; Planted in 1835. Very 

 ( healthy. 



Very healthy and vigorous. 



( In 1836, this tree girtlied 

 \ 11 ft. 10 in. at 5 ft. up. 



( In a perfectly healthy con- 

 ( dition. 



On slope of a small knoll. 

 (On slope of an.itlier knoll, 

 •< 15 yards apart from fore- 

 ( going. 



f At western gateway of old 

 \ priory. Decaying. 



( Decaying and ' ' oozing " near 

 -' root, but appears more 

 ( vigorous than preceding. 



( Much decayed, and stag- 

 headed branches. Very 

 ( picturesque. 



f There are other descriptions 

 of timber trees of immense 

 size of trunk and height at 

 Tullibody House. These 

 chestnuts seem quite 



^ vigorous. 



I In 1862, 18 {t. 6 in. at base, 

 and 13 ft. 9 in. at 7 ft. 

 Girths at base 26 ft. 6 in., 

 and at 7 ft. 14 ft. 11 in 

 I In 1862, 18 ft. at base, and 

 13 ft. 10 in. at 7 ft. Girths 

 at base 23 ft., and at 7 ft. 

 15 ft. 4 in. 

 ( In 1862, 15 ft. 7 in. at base, 

 ) and 11 ft. 5 in. at 7 ft. 

 ) Girths at base 19 ft. 9 in., 

 (, and at 7 ft. 12 ft. 5 in. 

 r In 1862 was 15 ft. 7 in. at 

 ) base, and 11 ft. at 7 ft. 

 ) Girths at base 18 ft. 7 in., 

 [ and at 7 ft. 12 ft, 2 in. 

 i In 1812, 9 ft. bole and 11 ft. 

 3 in. girth. In a very 

 [ healthy condition. 



vin a very healthy condition, 



fin 1793 was said to girth 15 

 ft. Branches spread out 

 at 5 ft. from ground in 

 vigorous health. Seems 

 to have lost one or two 

 limbs long ago. 



( In 1862, "30 feet," no datum 

 ■ point given. Jfow girths 

 ( 30 ft. at base. 

 (In 1873, 23 ft. 3 in. at base, 

 J 17 ft. 9 in. at 4 ft., and 18 

 1 ft. 2 in. at 7 ft. Quite 

 { vigorous. 



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