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Avenue, about 150 yards in length, formed of trees notable for 
their beauty and uniformity. The Deodar or Sunk Terrace, a 
short distance from the castle, is one of the sights of the place. 
It is reached by a broad flight of steps. The terrace is about 
170 yards in length, and the trees, about 35 feet high, are 
thriving splendidly. Along the slopes of the terrace are a 
fine collection of hybrid rhododendrons, and when they are 
in bloom, their varied colours against their own dark foliage 
and the lighter green of the Deodars have a most charming 
appearance. There are also two grand avenues composed 
entirely of Douglas firs. One is known as the Douglas 
Straight Avenue, consisting entirely of examples of this tree, 
averaging 80 feet in height ; and the other, by the river, known 
as the Douglas Winding Terrace Avenue, about a quarter of a 
mile in length, and consisting of fine well-grown trees about 
forty years of age. This terrace is a most interesting sight. 
The trees run from 60 to 85 feet in height, girth well, and their 
graceful fan-shaped branches spread out nobly around them. 
The soil on which they grow is a light sandy loam of average 
quality resting on deep gravel, while in other places the 
situation is rather marshy. Behind the Douglas pines one 
meets at various points in these avenues groups and specimens 
of other handsome trees, such as Abies Hookeriana, A. Vettchit, 
A. brachyphylla, A. concolor, A. polita, and Pinus monticola. 
At the north end of the Deodar Terrace is a line of most hand- 
some specimens of Cupressus Lawsoniana—as fine as can be 
seen anywhere in the country. Then there is what is called 
the “ Low Terrace,” about a quarter of a mile in length, planted 
with Douglas firs, araucarias, cypresses, cedars of Lebanon, and 
Prince Albert’s fir ; and in this neighbourhood is “ The Rosary,” 
surrounded by a raised bank with Lawson’s cypresses, Crypto- 
meria elegans, araucarias, and hemlock spruce. 
This does not by any means exhaust the arboreal treasures 
of these lovely policies. A fine sight is the Dolphin Terrace, 
about half a mile in length, containing magnificent specimens 
of Abies Menziesit, averaging 70 feet in height, Abces nobilis— 
lovely trees they are, and other stately conifers. Adjoining it 
is a short avenue of purple beeches, contrasting well with the 
conifers ; and the rivulets, waterfalls, and ornamental pools in 
this part of the grounds greatly enhance its appearance. There 
is likewise the American Garden Terrace, above half a mile 
in length, consisting of Douglas firs, Wellingtonias, Abzes 
Nordmanniana, A. lasiocarpa, A. nobilis, Cryptomeria japonica, 
and other trees. Murthly estate can boast of possessing three 
of the first Wellingtonias sent out by Veitch about 1856; and 
in the neighbourhood of the American Terrace is one of these 
