54- The yoiirnal of Forestry. 



On tlie same soil, and in the same exposure, there are other trees 

 M'oi'thy of ]iotice: — Pi/ius montlcola, TJ years old, 45 feet hif:;h, 3 feet 

 2 inches to 4 feet 4 inches circumference of stem, and straight as an 

 arrow. The branches for three-fourths of the height of this tree are 

 quite horizontal, and though grown in an open space are equally 

 branched all round, and spread at most only 12 feet. 



Wcllington-ia gigantea, 28 years old, 4U feet high or thereby, 7 feet 

 1 inch circumference ; spread of branches about 10 feet. 



Taxodivm Sem-pervirens (Sequoia), 20 to 30 years old, as many feet 

 liigh, and from 3^ to 7 feet in circumference. 



Hundreds of Deodaras, Araucarias, Crij_ptorjierias, and Picca nobilis, 

 the common and glaucous varieties, thrive equally well on the same 

 kind of soil, though the latter, as well as Pieea 'pinsapo produce larger 

 timber, and are more healthy in appearance when grown on a cool, 

 moist soil. 



Large and Remarkable Trees. 



At Williamstone, in the parish of Madderty, Perthshire, we measured the 

 other day a fine old walnut tree, the only one now remaining of several 

 grand old trees of the same kind which grew there some years ago, and I 

 found it to be of the following dimensions, viz., the circumference of the 

 stem at a foot from the base is 13 feet 9 inches ; height of the stem from 

 the base to the fi.rst branches, 17 feet ; girth of stem immediately 

 below the spring of the branches, 8 feet 3 inches ; and the circumference 

 of the spread of the branches about 150 feet. There is a large quantity 

 of measurable timber in the principal branches, one of which girths 

 7 feet about three feet above the fork, and another 6 feet at the same dis- 

 tance up, but owing to want of means of access I was unable to take correct 

 measurements of the limbs. 



The other walnut trees which formerly grew here have either been cut 

 down or destroyed by storms, so that not a vestige of them now remains ; but 

 if my memory is correct, some of them were even grander old trees than the 

 above fine specimen, which I hope will long remain in its present healthy 

 state an interesting and picturesque object in the landscape. 



Near by this fine " walnut " stands a venerable oak, a veritable " monarch 

 of the forest," the circumference of the stem at a foot from the ground 

 being 20 feet 6 inches, and the height of the trunk up to the spring of the 

 branches 15 feet, the girth at that height being 15 feet ; after which the 

 trunk breaks up into four splendid limbs, forming a rich ■ umbrageus 

 canopy of healthy leaves and branches. J. I). M. 



