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White Poplar, Populus alba L. 

 ■ Girth— March, 1893, 15 ft. 4i ins. at 2 ft. 9 ins. ; spread, 94i ft. 

 Bole, 10 ft. I ,, May, 1899, 15 ft. 10 ins. ; height, 119 ft. 

 I ,, May, 1903, 16 ft. If ins. 

 Increase in Qirth. 

 1893-1899—5-50 ins. -;- 6 2 years = -89 in. per annum. 

 1899-1903— 375 ins. -^ 4-0 years =94 in. per annum. 



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1893-1903— 9-25 ins. -^ 102 years= 90 in. per annum. 



Wellingtonia, Sequoia gigantea Torrey. 

 Girth— August, 1891, 10 ft. 2J ins. at 1 ft. 

 ,, March, 1893, 10 ft. 9 ins. at 1 ft. 

 „ May, 1903, 13 ft. 6^ ins. at 1 ft. 



Increase in Girth. 

 1891-1893— 6"50ins. -r 1'2 years = 5*41 ins. per annum. 

 1893-1903— 33-50 ins. -r 10-2 years = 3-28 ins. per annum. 



1891-1903— 40 00 ins. -Ml -4 years = 3 -50 ins. per annum. 



TcLiP Tree, Liriodendron Tulipijera L. 

 Bole, 4 ft. 6 ins. ; girth, May, 1903, 4 ft. 6 ins. at 3 ft. 



The beautiful Gean Tree, Prunus Avium, L., is now past its 

 best, the trunk is falling asunder, but is clasped together by 

 iron bands. Fortunately, it was measured in May, 1899, when 

 it girthed 13 feet 2 inches at 2 feet 3 inches, with a height of 

 52 feet, and a spread of 68| feet; bole, 4 feet 9 inches. The 

 increase in girth between August, 1891, and May, 1899, was 

 6J inches — an average of "85 inch per annum. 



No White Poplars or Geans anything like these have been 

 seen in any of our excursions. 



Mr. John Paterson reports that the district visited is one of the 

 best accessible from Glasgow in respect of the richness of its 

 sylvan ornithological features. In Garrion Orchard, for instance, 

 within a small space, the Marsh Tit, Bullfinch, Spotted Fly- 

 catcher, Garden and Blackcap Warblers were all seen or heard. 

 The Garden Warbler was heard frequently in the course of the 

 afternoon. 



Puck's Glen and Benmore, 13th June, 1903. — A small party 

 of eleven, under the leadership of Mrs. Peter Ewing, visited 



