SYCAMORES IN SCOTLAND. 



1G5 



8 YCAMORE — confhmed. 



o 



25 



1-^ 



Pi-eseiit 



Circitnifereiicc of 



'I'luiik at 



1 foot. 



3 feet. 



5 feet. 



Any former 



rc'coriloil 



Measuitinuiits and 



Dates. 



Year 



Atl 



foot. 



At 3 



feet. 



fc. ° OJ 





RE.MAKKS. 



Ft. in 



70 

 ti.'> 

 8.^) 



(if. 



78 



74 



78 



CO 



50 



60 



CO 



00 



.13 



nf) 



81 



72 



80 



7G 



80 



70 



c-. 



7') 



SO 



80 



82 



S.-1 



80 



.-.S 



5(i 



42 



SO 

 65 



Kt. ill. 



2.'') 

 21 

 40 



18 



29 



12 



30 

 12 



3(i 



15 



12 



27 



12 



24 



25 



24 



20 



30 



30 



18 



30 



35 



30 



25 



18 



32 

 25 



30 

 IS 



Ft. in, 



11 f) 

 11 

 10 9 



IC 7 



20 C 



15 5 

 IC 6 



16 4 



15 



13 



13 7 



12 8 



12 6 



15 2 



10 10 

 13 11 



11 5 



13 5 



13 6 

 12 8 

 11 5 



14 C 



14 10 



14 5 



15 1 

 15 9 



8 10 



8 6 



9 



12 9 



11 



13 

 11 10 

 10 10 



11 1 



Ft. in. 



8 



7 4 



8 8 



13 6 



15 5 

 13 2 

 13 3 



16 1 



11 9 

 11 2 



10 10 



10 

 10 10 



12 9 



12 10 

 10 11 



10 2 



11 7 



9 8 



10 7 



10 3 



10 6 



14 



12 G 



11 



15 3 



9 6 



12 



10 9 

 10 3 



Ft. in, 



Ft. in. 



F't. in. 



66 



72 

 70 



In 1870 these measured 



At 1 ft. At 5 ft. 



12 ft. 8 in. 9 ft. 1 in. 



11 „ 4 „ 9 „ 3 „* 



.10ft.10in.10ft.3in.9ft.llin. 



90 

 84 



<There are many other larfre 

 and massive liard-wooded 

 trees liere, and a fine 

 avenue of forty old Seotch 

 yews, varying; in jiirth 

 from 10 to 14 feet, and 40 

 feet high. 



(Uelieved to have been 

 '( planted by Queen Mary. 



! Three \e\y handsome and 

 viKorous trees, worth for 

 timber from £110 to .€120. 



A large spreading tree. 

 (Getting " stag-horned " at 

 "( top ; ancient appearance. 



(A very large and spreading 



tree. 

 Two noblc-lnoking tall trees, 

 standing in the Oeer Park 

 in front of Castle, 



Growing on old glebe of 

 Litf, Den of Gray; contains 

 454 cubic feet of timber. 



Tlie soil is shallow, but the 

 trees are perfectly vigor- 

 ous. 



Growing at main west door- 

 way of Priory ruins. Very 

 red bark and dark foliage. 



Quite vigorous. These trees 

 are examples of many 

 others of similar dimen- 

 sions. There is a fine old 

 avenue of sycamores here, 

 planted probaldy about 

 15.50. 

 ^ Xo. 2 of conical habit. 



A very handsome tree north 

 of ("'astle. In 1873, girthed 

 at 1 ft., 14 ft. 6 in. ; at 5 

 ft., 13 ft. 8 in. 



This tree stands to north of, 

 and near to, the old Nor- 

 man keep. 



The girth of 11 ft. is main- 

 tained throughout the 

 entire length of bole. 



(A beautifully variegated 

 1 variety. 



There are now no traces of 

 the large sycamore here 

 mentioned by Dr Walker 

 in 1798 and Sir T. D. 

 Lauder in ls-J(). 



