furnished. The plants used are Box, Yew, Purple Oak, Fern-leaved 
seen from the castle on its abrupt eminence above. This was, no 
doubt, the point of view of the original designer, for, like all 
examples of this type of gardening, it is the view as a whole that 
constitutes its chief raison d'etre. Seen in detail, its lack of 
variety, the absence of light and shade, and its general monotony 
are apt to weary. 
But the formal garden, whilst the chief feature at Drummond 
Castle, is not the only one. The fine yews planted in 1703 are 
now enormous specimens with trunks 8 to 10 feet in circumference, 
and both conifers and " hardwoods " grow finely here. Wherever 
one goes in Perthshire one hears about the great storm of 
November 17th, 1893. Patriarchal trees that had withstood the 
gales of centuries succumbed that night and whole plantations 
were levelled as if the trees had been so many nine-pins. 
Evidences of this terrible storm are to be seen even now in many 
parts of the country— uprooted tree stumps, decaying prostrate 
trunks, and bare hillsides. At Drummond a noble Abiei 
was blown down, but the stump, 3 or 4 feet high, still stands 
where it grew It shows that the tree was 210 years ol 
*> b feet 6 inches in diameter ; it contained l.ulu cubic 
teet ot timber. This must have been nearly, if not quite, the 
rgest common Silver Fir in Britain of which there is any record. 
Beech near by was seriously injured by the same 
•le ; the trunk of this tree girths 19 feet 5 U,-« 
any other trees are in good condition here, but are not so notable 
tnose seen elsewhere and mentioned in other parts of these 
Abercairney. 
undnkri!^ ei fn b0Ut i? lile8 ° Ut ° f Crieff and is **«*•* in an 
Trees wrL W0( ! de( l park ' The Voting of the coniferous 
^cXhr^5 lainly 5 b0Ut40 y ea ™ *go,and the growth being 
y good some fine specimens are now to be seen. Taking 
", ^Te^Mghfnd r/T nniam l » ® feet hl ? h; f' 
The most KS^XSL V ' >1 9 ^ t 
^^rmS?]^^^ Hb Raucous variety Cf. 
Pinus Cembra^TuT] Lu® V 1 * Pines T was most struck by 
of Larix leptolel^tt f 5 feet 7 inches in * irth - A tre J? 
of this tree in Sllnd f ^^ aS showin ^ the rate of ^ roWth 
42 feet high The I r tk Tn™ ***?** 23 y ears a ^° and is n °T 
makes hefe a rigM column 9^ (X ? ,mmunis var " 
These figures show tha?*lT \ ^ hi ^ h and 3 feet through. 
trees ar e g exceed J etewherHh ^ dimensi <™ ° f 8 ™ e » f these 
exceptionally high. 8eWhere > the general level of excellence is 
