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A DAY IN AN ESGLISH PARK. 



[June 



on Colonel Trotter's Charter Hall estates in Berwickshire. The time 

 was when many rivals could be seen in the counties of Aberdeen, In- 

 verness, and Perth, but with the exception of those of natural growth 

 they have long ago ceased to exist. It is to be regretted that Earl 

 Bathurst and Colonel Trotter did not think of sending at least one 

 example each of these firs to the Forestry Exhibition in Edinburgh. 

 Had they done so, Her Majesty's exhibit from Ballochbuie would 

 have had formidable rivals, both as regards size and quality. 



The larches are not very large trees, yet the crop is so uniform 



THE ROUND HOU.'SE. 



that one would be apt to suppose himself in a Perthshire larch forest. 

 The trees are very fine, giving good timber, and almost entirely free 

 from disease. The spruces also grow to large sizes in many parts 

 of the park, though in many situations they are affected with heart- 

 rot, which renders the timber comparatively useless. Perhaps one 

 of the most interesting sights to the ordinary forester and woodman 

 in a general sense are the " Cathedral Firs." These spruce firs form 

 a large clump in the shape of a huge monogram, or several crosses, 

 situated in a lonely spot several miles from the park entrance, and 

 are perhaps the finest lot of spruce, as a whole, in the kingdom. 



