348 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OP GLASGOW. 



English Field Elm ( Ulmus surculosa, Stokes j, on Mill Hill — 



bole, 20 feet ; girth, 14 feet 8^ inches at 5 feet 4 inches. 



The largest English Elm we know of in Clyde area. 

 English Field Elm, on terrace to north of house — bole, 25 feet ; 



girth, 10 feet 10| inches at 5 feet 4 inches. 

 English Field Elm, on terrace to north of house. Tree nearest 



house) — bole, 35 feet ; girth, 9 feet 7^ inches at 4 feet 10 



inches. 

 Oak, on " Mount Pisgah " — girth, 10 feet 9 inches at 4 feet 10 



inches. 

 Beech, on terrace to north of house. (Beech nearest house) — 



bole, 13 feet ; girth, 10 feet 7 inches at 4 feet 10 inches. 

 Wellingtonia (Sequoia gigantea, Torrey.^ near front of house — 



girth, at base, 8 feet 7 inches ; at 2 feet, 5 feet 5| inches 



at 4 feet, 4 feet 6| inches. 



" From Milton Lockhart the party walked by the highway, 

 through Crossford, to Carfin House. On the side of the high- 

 way, half-a-mile above the entrance to Milton Lockhart, is a 

 very fine oak, which in Januaiy, 1901, had a girth of 15 feet 

 3| inches at 5 feet up; bole, 9' feet; height, 61 feet; diameter 

 of spread of branches, 88J feet from N.W. to S.E., and 86 feet 

 at about right angles thereto. 



" At Carfin House the party, accompanied by the gardener, 

 visited the hothouses, the gardens, &c. Among the rarer trees 

 was noted a Cork-barked Elm {Ulmus suberosa, Moen.), about 

 fifteen years old — girth, 1 foot 11^ inches at 4 feet; bole, 8 feet. 



" From Carfin a hurried walk up the steep road leading to 

 Braidwood brought the party to the station just in time for 

 the train." 



ToLLCROSS Park, 17th June, 1902. — Mr. James Wliitton, 

 Superintendent of Parks, met the members at the West Lodge, 

 and conducted them through the park. Proceeding by the 

 south walk towards the glen, some comment was made on the 

 dying condition of a number of the older trees in the vicinity 

 of the mansion-house. The probable causes of this are the 

 changed atmospheric conditions and the effects of underground 

 workings, which frequently rack the roots as well as tap the 



