
MEASUREMENTS OF NOTABLE TREES AT EGLINTON CASTLE. 399 
Measurements of Notable Trees at Eglinton Castle. 
By Joun Renwick. 
[Read Ist August, 1899.] 
(A few measurements of later date are included.) 

| Date. | Girth. | At Bole. 


Ft. In. Ft. In. Feet. 

1, Alder (Alnus  glutinosa , 
rey , } Sent, 1896, | 10.74 13 3 | 4 
2. Crab Apple (Pyrus Malus, \a ay, 1895, 7 gt |3 82 
Linn : ee ih 
3. Ash (Fracinus excelsior, 
Linn.), at Corshill Gates, \Sept., 1892, 6192 || 3, 8 
4, Do., with simple leaves, Oct., 1899, 4 6 5 0 30 
‘ June, 1892, 17 7% a 
5. Beech (Fagus sylvatica, Sept., 1895, 17 104 {14 9 8 
Linn.), in Old Wood May, 1899, 18 34 
|{ See Sept., 1889, 16 9 4 6 
6. Do., Bullock Park, Sept., 1894, iby 5 08 
|| May, 1899, LTD ae 5 0 
7. Do., Deer Park, -. ; flee 8 OF 5.0 12 
8. Do., in Old Wood, . | June, 1897, 15 102 | 3 O* 8 
9. Do., Deer Park, . . | July, 1899, 1b 23 ibd 
ne? -Do:, do., ri . | May, 1899, 15 2 oy 6 
ll. Do., in Old Wood, — . |{ July, 1895, | 15 44 210° | 6 
12> ~Do:, -Deer Park, . . | May, 1899, 14 yey ie 5 
June, 1892, 13 10} 
13. Do., in Old Wood, . |, Sept., 1896, 14.2 Bei ll 
May, 1899, 14 4 
14. Do., Bullock Park, . | Sept., 1896, 14. 24 |4 68 
15. Do., do., 3 . | Sept., 1896, 14 14 |5 0 
une, 3 Taher 
16. Do., in Old Wood, . |, Sept., 1895, 13 10 4 6 12 
May, 1899, 14 14 
17. Do., Bullock Park, . | Sept., 1896, 126 510 25 
18. Do., near flushes, . . certs ee 3 zt 4 3 35 

1 Decaying in 1895. Blown down since then. 
2 Girth at ground, 33 ft. 6ins. Divides into seven stems. 
3 Fide Mr. George Paxton. 
4 Swells out above 3 ft. Divides at 8 ft. into two large stems. 
5 Diameter of spread of branches, 101 ft. 3 ins. 
& Divides at 6 ft. into five stems. Trunk fluted. 
7 Diameter of spread, 113 ft. 5 ins. 
8 Large branch goes off at 5 ft., and measures in girth 6 ft. 3} ins. at 
3 ft. from stem. 
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