BEECHES IN SCOTLAND. 



195 



Beech — continued. 



Height 



of 

 Tree. 



Ft. in. 



6.3 



102 



105 



60 



90 



100 



80 



84 



98 



110 

 102 



Length 



of 

 Bole. 



Present 

 Circumference of 

 Trunk at 



1 foot. 



Ft. in. Ft. in 



120 



120 



122 



60 



65 



98 



75 



85 



70 



80 



53 



90 



88 



31 



42 



38 



12 



25 



50 



30 



35 



60 



40 



62 



52 



42 



25 



30 



31 

 20 



28 

 40 

 50 

 20 



15 



13 6 



32 3 



13 8 



11 10 

 9 



15 

 13 



3 feet. 



Ft. in, 



13 6 



13 9 



11 2 



12 4 

 1^ 



14 7 



16 11 



15 9 



17 5 

 13 7 



18 4 



16 2 



15 lOi 

 15 2 

 10 3 



17 2 

 22 6 



21 3 



5 feet. 



13 10 



Ft. it. 



20 4 



9 5 



Any former 



recorded 



Measurements and 



Dates. 



Date. 



12 6 



12 9 



13 7 

 16 9 



12 8 



13 4 



11 4 



13 6 



12 9 



14 3 

 12 3 



15 



14 4 



Atl 

 Foot. 



At 3 

 Feet. 



Ft. in. 



Ft. in. 



u ^ o 

 «-— .s 



« rt H 

 i! <u s 



■^r.'^. 



Ft. in. 



80 

 70 



60 



EEMAEKS. 



93 

 100 



'A very magnificent speci- 

 men. A large hollow on 

 the west side of its trunk 

 is rapidly closing by the 

 growth of healthy bark ; 

 and a stone trough, which 

 had in its earlier years 

 stood at its side, is now 

 quite embedded in the tree 

 Vjy its root columns and 

 buttreses growing quite 

 over it. Only a very small 

 portion is visible. 



f In Anna Park. Very hand- 

 It some tree. 



j In Carter's Haugh. Very 

 1 luxuriant. 



("Goes into two huge limbs 

 \ at 11 ft. 6 in. Grows in 

 ( " Kale-rig. 



(■Divides into two very large 

 -' and two smaller limbs at 

 ( 14 ft. from ground. 

 ("Many others of similar 

 -| dimensions in same 

 ( wood. 

 In Burnbank Wood. 

 ( Fine round head. Pui'ple- 

 ( leaved variety. 



^Growing in the Dene. 

 J A. magnificent tree, girths 

 J 10 ft. 11 in. at 14 ft. from 

 ( base. 



JAt west side of house. A 

 ( very fine specimen. 



In Bilsdean Wood. Re- 

 markably fine and haiul- 

 some tree. 



A very handsome tree. 



j Many more similar tall and 

 ( fine beeches grow here. 



( Many similar, girthing on 

 '( an average 15 ft. at 1 ft. 



( On west side of road from 

 ( " Doo-cot Knowe." 



East side of flower garden. 



