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girth at 3 feet 1 inch. In the park are some fine trees, photo- 

 graphs and measurements of several being taken. The largest 

 was a picturesque old larch — Plate VI. — measuring 12 feet 

 3^ inches at 3 feet 3J inches on south side. Other trees 

 measured here were a lime (n feet 7 inches at 2 feet 1 o inches), 

 a great maple (8 feet 5 inches at 3 feet 3 inches), and two oaks 

 (respectively 9 feet 1 inch at 2 feet 10 inches, and 9 feet n inches 

 at 3 feet 4 inches). On the lawn in front of the castle the following 

 trees were measured : — Silver fir (Picea pectinata), 1 o feet 3 inches 

 at 3 feet; a Turkey oak (Quercus Cerris), 6 feet io£ inches 

 at 2 feet 6 inches; a Wellingtotiia gigantea, 5 feet 5 inches at 

 3 feet; and a Douglas fir, 6 feet 10 inches at 2 feet 8 inches. 

 Among the native plants noted were the water-crowfoot {Ranun- 

 culus heterophyllus) on the Leven, the great yellow loosestrife 

 (Lysimachia vulgaris) at the same place and by the side of the 

 loch, the lesser winter-green (Pyrola minor), the whorled-caraway 

 ( Carum verticillalum), and three species of cyperaceae, Heleocharis 

 multicaulis, Carex remota, and C. flava. 



After leaving the policy a large, wide-spreading, vigorous ash 

 was visited on Laderish Farm at Over Balloch (girth of trunk, 

 14 feet 8 inches at 2 feet 8 inches on north side). This was the 

 last item of interest in a pleasant afternoon's work. 



