52. TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
rising ground forming the centre of a little clearing. It girths 
11 feet 6 inches at 1 foot up, 9 feet 3 inches at 5 feet, a bole of 
15 feet, and a spread of branches of 80 feet. No. 2 is in the 
Haugh of Logie, with a girth of 13 feet 9 inches at 1 foot up, 
11 feet 5 inches at 5 feet, a clean bole of 23 feet, and a spread of 
branches of 75 feet. The following are also situate in the 
“Haugh,” and, according to Sir Thos, Dick Lauder, this grove, 
previous to the great flood in August 1829, when many of the 
trees growing nearest the river were washed away, contained the 
finest oaks in Scotland. No. 3 has an irregular gnarled stem, 
gurthing 23 feet at 1 foot up. No. 4 girths 27 feet 9 inches at 
1 foot up, and 20 feet 5 inches at 5 feet up. No. 5 girths 20 feet 
6 inches; No. 6, 20 feet 5 inches; No. 7, 18 feet 8 inches; No. 8, 
17 feet 1 inch ; No. 9, 16 feet ; No. 10, 14 feet—all at 5 feet up. 
An oak on the banks of the romantic Findhorn, on the Altyre 
estate, Morayshire, has a circumference of 16 feet 7 inches at 
1 foot up, 13 feet 3 inches at 5 feet up, and spreads its branches 
100 feet. 
The “ Drummond Castle Oaks,” Perthshire. No. 1 grows by 
the side of the burn to the east of the castle—it girths 19 feet 
6 inches at 1 foot up, 14 feet 8 inches at 5 feet up; length of 
bole, 12 feet; a height of 70 feet; and a spread of branches of 
114 feet. No. 2 adjoins the last, and girths 13 feet 4 inches at 
1 foot up, 10 feet 1 inch at 5 feet up; length of bole, 14 feet ; 
height, 81 feet; and spreads its branches 77 feet. No. 3 also 
adjoins, and has a girth of 10 feet 10 inches at 1 foct up, swelling 
out to 15 feet 8 inches at 5 feet up; length of bole, 11 feet; and 
the height, 45 feet. There are two fine oaks at the south end of 
the loch. No. 4 girths 18 feet 7 inches at 1 foot up, 11 feet 
10 inches at 5 feet up; length of bole, 21 feet 6 inches; height, 
78 feet 6 inches; and a spread of branches of 100 feet. No. 5 
girths 14 feet 3 inches at 1 foot up, 11 feet at 5 feet up; length 
of bole, 17 feet ; height, 64 feet ; and spreads its branches 73 feet. 
No. 6 grows by the side of the walk circling round the south side 
of the gardens—it girths 14 feet 4 inches at 1 foot up, 10 feet 
9 inches at 5 feet up; length of bole, 26 feet; and a height of 
96 feet. No. 7 is a gnarled old tree by the side of the burn east 
of the castle—it girths 17 feet 4 inches at 1 foot up, 17 feet 
7 inches at 5 feet up; length of bole, 9 feet; and a height of 
66 feet. 
The “‘ Lawers Oaks,” of which there are two, near the ruins of 
