160 Natural Forests and the Growth of Cones. [Sess, 
plenty (of fruit or cones) must be preceded by at least one © 
good summer for ripening the wood and forming good buds, 
The summer of last year was such an one, having been — 
warm on the whole, and very dry till the middle of October. — 
What may follow this one it is hard to say, but all through — 
it has been bad enough—wet, cold, and sunless; and seem- — 
ingly it means to keep up its character to the end of the © 
year. Let us hope that the opening year of a new century 
may bring us something better. | 
As regards the different kinds of conifers which grow and |) 
thrive in this district, I may add in conclusion that I visited 
lately Corrybrough, near Tomatin, where there is a large — 
mansion - house with many fine trees growing around it. — 
Accompanied by the gardener, who received me very kindly | 
and lent me every assistance, I noted the following trees, all 
of which were strong and healthy, and evidently growing 
rapidly :— 
1, Sequoia gigantea, planted in 1872, now about 60 feet high, and 6 feet 
4 inches in circumference at 3 feet from the ground; a grand 
specimen. S 
. Douglas Fir, about same age, nearly 40 feet high, and with an enor- 
mous spread of branches. 
. Thuia Lobbi semper aurea. 
. Thuia gigantea, a young tree, growing rapidly. 
. Thuiopsis borealis (= Cupressus Nootkatensis). 
. Cupressus Lawsoniana elegans. 
. Cupressus Lawsoniana, a seedling variety. 
. Retinispora, a young tree 4 feet high. 
. Retinispora plumosa aurea (=Cupressus pisifera plumosa aurea). 
. Pinus excelsa. 
. Pinus cembra (Swiss Stone pine), a tree of considerable age, about 40 
feet high, the trunk nearly 2 feet in diameter, well shaped, and — 
very dense ; a grand tree, said to be the second best of its kindin 
this part of the country. 
12. Firs in great variety, including silver fir. 
13. In nursery beds, numbers of young trees of most of the above species _ 
preparing for planting out, and all evidently thriving well. v 
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