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is of excellent quality, and has been used with satisfaction for 

 general estate purposes. Pimis Laricio is also in great numbers, 

 and thrives well on almost pure gravel, with a slight surface coat- 

 ing of decayed vegetable matter. The average size is from 50 

 feet to 70 feet, and the stems girthing from 5 feet to 9 feet at 3 

 feet up. Pinus strohis, P. Cenibra, P. halepensis, P. insignis, 

 P. Austriaca, P. Phiaater, and P. 2)i/i'enaica, all do remarkably well, 

 and have formed, in many instances, fine bushy specimens of 50 

 feet in height. P. Austriaca in particular has been planted in 

 (juantity for the sake of the valuable shelter it affords, and hun- 

 dreds of the trees measure from 4 feet to 7 feet in girth of stem. 



Abies Nordmanniana, A. grandis, A. nobilis, A. Webbiana, A. 

 Pinsapo, A. magnifica, and A. Pindrow are all well represented 

 in healthy free-growing specimens. A. grandis on well-drained 

 loam is 60 feet in height, A. nobilis and A. Nordmanniana fully 

 70 feet high ; while of the others, well-grown trees of .30 feet and 

 upwards are not uncommon. Of the Cedars, Cedrus Libani and 

 C Deodara have attained to large sizes, many of the foi'mer 

 being from 12 feet to 14 feet in girth ; while of the latter, 

 specimens of GO feet in height may be seen. Amongst the spruces 

 that haA^e done well and grown to be of large size, paiiiicular note 

 may be made of Abies Menziesii, 68 feet in height; A. orientalis, 

 fully 50 feet; A. Sinitliiana, 63 feet; A. canadensis, 30 feet; A. 

 nigra, 50 feet. The former in particular is a lovely tree that 

 thrives well in a dampish soil, and where partial shelter is secured. 

 On gravelly soil it is apt to become rusty in appearance, and 

 frequently dies out altogether. Wellingtonia gigantea and 

 Sequoia sempervirens do well in several of the plantations, 

 there being in one belt about a score of the former, each upwards 

 of 60 feet in height. A good dampish loam suits this tree, but it 

 must have plenty of room for the development of its long branches. 

 Throughout most of the })ark woods Tlaija gigantea has been 

 planted, principally in the more open situations and around the 

 margins for effect, it being one of the most valuable conifers we 

 know of for planting indiscriminately. Even during the most 

 severe storms, we have never known this tree to be uprooted, or to 

 lose its leading shoot. It is very impartial as regards the quality 

 of soil in which it is planted, for here it may be seen doing well 

 in pure peat, gr-avelly loam, stiff loam, and decayed vegetable 

 matter. The average height of this Thuja, planted twenty-three 

 years ago, is 40 feet. 



Crypiomeria japcytiica has, likewise, received a creat amount of 



