243 
favourable and snow would not be likely to do so much damage. 
The principal trees planted at the present time are Sitka spruce 
(Picea sitchensis), common spruce (P. excelsa), white spruce (P. alba), 
oriental spruce (P. orientalis), mountain pine (the upright growing 
form, Pinus montana uncinata), larch, and Abies nobilis, A Sitka 
spruce planted in 1893 under better conditions than the other trees 
is now 24 feet high, whilst a tree of Abies nobilis of the same age is 
23 feet high. The latter, however, lost its lead for a time. For 
the last 11 years common spruce has made an annual growth in 
height of 21 inches. 
The proportion of basic slag to sand used in planting is one to 
seven, whilst the cost of making the drains and laying out the 
turves is £2 15s. an acre. One man can make the holes for two or 
three planters. A good workman plants 800 trees per day, ata 
cost of 3s. 4d. . 
A delightful feature at Corrour Lodge is an Alpine garden which 
has been formed between the house and the loch. It is an almost 
level piece of ground with shrubs on three sides and a terrace 
supported by a granite wall at the other. The area contains a 
small pond in the centre and is laid out with granite-paved paths 
and irregular shaped beds bordered with granite. Crevices in the 
wall are filled with showy alpines, whilst masses of choice subjects 
occupy the remaining space. Remarkably fine groups of Rhodo- 
thamnus Chamaecistus, Rhododendron kamtchaticum, R. cillatum, 
R. ferrugineum, Loiseleuria procumbens, Primula  stkkimensis, 
Hypericum reptans, saxifrages in variety, &c., were noted. 
ARDVERIKIE. 
The Ardverikie Estate is owned by Sir John Ramsden and 
Laggan, about 17 miles distant from Tulloch station. — All the 
ground is at a fairly high elevation and the planting operations have 
been conducted at an altitude of from 800 to 2,000 feet above sea 
level, 
n a memorandum communicated to the R.S.A.S. by Sir J. 
Ramsden he gives the following account of his early work on the 
estate :— 
“At Whitsunday, 1871, I entered into possession of the 
Ardverikie Estate. The erection of the deer fence of galvanized 
iron and wire, 6 feet high, was begun forthwith. This fence, 
Kinloch Wood, East Loch Arab, the East Binion, the north face 
of Craig Hur, and about 5 miles in length of the southern shore of 
Loch Laggan. The completion of this fence, and the shooting 
