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planted 700 larches in one plantation at Dunkeld, mixed with 

 other trees, the last his Grace planted. In 1768, John, Duke of 

 Athole planted 3 acres, all of larch, at Craigviiian, near Dunkeld, 

 at an altitude of from 500 to 600 feet. 



Duke John finished the planting of 400 Scotch acres before 

 his death, in 1774 The same account says — " the Duke raised 

 plants to the number of 1000 yearly, from cones grown upon the 

 larches planted by Duke James, and the remainder of plants he 

 purchased from nurserymen (at 6d each) and had great difficulty 

 of procuring them even at that price." " The late Duke John 

 planted, between 1774 and 1815, 1,108,998 larch trees upon 

 8071 Scotch acres." 



A few particulars regarding larch planted in England about 

 th.e time of its introduction may not be uninteresting. 



In 1788 the Bishop of Llandaff planted upon 18 imperial acres 

 48,500 larches, near Ambleside, Westmoreland. 



In 1790 Mr G. Wright, of Yorkshire, planted 11,573 larches 

 upon 3f acres, at Geldingwells, in Yorkshire. 



In 1798, John Sneyd, Esq., of Belmont, Staffordshire, planted 

 12,000. 



In 1800, J. Jones, Esq., of Hafod, Cardiganshire, in Wales, 

 planted 400,000 larches, at distances apart, varying from 2 to 3J 

 feet. 



In England and Wales, several landed proprietors planted, 

 within seventeen years, between 1788-1805, inclusive, 1,240,000 

 larches. 



In 1820, the Duke of Devonshire planted nearly 1,000,000 

 larches. 



Considering the short distances apart at which many of the 

 English proprietors planted their larches, compared with what the 

 Dukes of Athole planted theirs at (6 feet apart), no wonder that 

 the success on their part generally has been less. The wider apart 

 the planting was done, all things taken to account, so in propor- 

 tion was the success and favourable returns. Notwithstanding 

 the failure of larch in certain places where first planted, and every 

 proprietor, including the Duke of Athole, since 1795, suffered 

 less or more by it, planting of larch has uniformly continued, 

 and still continues, to increase throughout the kingdom. As 

 many millions of larch are planted now, as thousands fifty to sixty 

 years ago. 



The number of larches planted annually must be very great ; 

 and judging from the increasing stock in the hands of nursery- 

 men, the demand must be increasing also. If diseases of larch 

 were as fatal, and the loss as great (great though it is), as some 

 writers ask us to believe, planting would undoubtedly have long 

 since been discontinued, and the market left unsupplied with 

 wood before now. The reverse of all this is the case. Planting 



