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cannot be urged for that common object of the country, a dead 

 example of the Common Slirew, found on the road near Lochend 

 Loch. 



Cambusnethan House and Dalztel House, 17th May, 1902. 

 — This excursion was under the leadership of Mr. James Whitton. 

 Mr. John Benwick has contributed the following report on the 

 measurements which were taken of certain trees : — 



Cambusnethan House. 



English Elm, to north-west of house, near gate into glen — 



bole^ 5| feec ; girth, 8 feet 10 inches at 2 feet 2 inches. 

 Spanish Cuestnut, below house — bole, 15 feet; girth, 22 feet 



4^ inches at 5 feet 4 inches. On 17th May 1900 girth, 



22 feet 3 inches. Tree decaying. One of the largest 



Chestnuts in the West of Scotland. 

 Beech, near garden (outline of trunk, <tc. resembles an 



elephant's head) — bole, 20 feet; girth, 12 feet 10 inclies at 



5 feet. 

 Black Poplar, opposite offices — bole, about GO feet ; girth, 1 1 



feet 3^ inches at 4 feet. 

 At the root of this tree many fine specimens of Lathrdea 



squamaria, L., were growing. 

 Spruce Fir, in glen — girth, 8 feet 6 inches at 5 feet 5 inches. 



Dalziel House. 



Oak, near house (" Covenanters Oak ") * — bole, 7 feet ; girth, 



19 feet 6 inches at 2 feet 3 inches. Girth on 6th May, 1893, 



19 feet 2 inches. 

 Beech, on side of river, planted 1721 — bole, 13 feet; girth, 14 



feet 4^ inches at 4 feet 8 inches. Girth on 6th May, 1893, 



13 feet 8 1 inches. 

 Yew, in glen — bole, fully 25 feet ; girth, 8 feet OJ inches at 5 



feet 6 inches. Girth on 6th May, 1893, 7 feet 9| inches. 

 A Black Poplar measured in 1893, is said to have been 

 blown down in 1899. 



*8ee Transactions, Vol. IV. (>f.S ), p. 102 ; and (^) pp. 250 and 259. 

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