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CoNIFERS AT MURTHLY. 
. Diameter 
; : : : Girth at 
Botanical Name. Situation, Height of 
i ee Branches. 
| ft. ins.) ft. ins.| ft. ins. 
Abies Albertiana, Low Terrace, . | 704) Daly On eOnl Ss 2ustO) | 
», Douglasit, . . | Short Deodar Avenue, e206) sort soe LOAN nO 
it Standishii, Near ‘‘ Horse-Shoe,” HESe ee VG* SSh) 25leeG 
» grandis, Low Terrace, . 64, | 25} Aon 81 2206 
» magnifica, . . | Near Old Castle, «tol epe OL Ron dele en, 
», Menziesti, . . | By Carriage Drive, . oy AOU A ORION. ese ado a) 
», nobilis, Dolphin Terrace, al Det Ah. Gite 24 yn 0 
Ary eA ordmanniana, ” ” codices “Gaim 40, Osi Onegr 
»  ortentalis, . - M 2 Stoo "Osetra am Oeema() 
» Pinsapo, Near Rose Cottage, . sO} 85). wsSiiipater adil yy. 
a a 4 », Old Castle, 5 @ [Sar SE esse meen 
Araucaria imbricata, », New Castle, on | 425 100 ae FO LO 10 
5 3 », Chapel Walk, wien. Gi) 4, O90 
Cedrus Deodara, . »» Old Castle, Heatley GSP. 
>»,  Labani, Low Terrace, 65010) Sa eee 
5 Bs c ealmulower Gardens, 05.0 60 sell) Wesees: Og | eee 
Cryptomeria japonica, | Winding Terrace, 36" 3 | 4° 927/26 710 
Cupressus Lawsoniana, | Near Sunk Terrace, . Web Oda bie abl 
3 thyoides, », Deodar Avenue, Ooi. (0st OF ame 
Tnbocedrus decurrens, . | Foot of Sunk Terrace, of, 83), 3G) I tb) 0 
Pinus monticola, Near Rose Cottage, ; "66-0" 745 OF 10h 28 
*3 a “* Horse-Shoe,”’ 67 0) | foe 265180 
Taxus baccata, . | Flower Garden; 5 8 )|) a. aC iy oa a ee 
Thuja gigantea, . . | Sunk Terrace, [oS (Onl does) lalbeeO 
Thujopsis borealis, nf 55 : : = P00” 5 6) ele HOR On a0 
Wellingtonia gigantea, | American Ter.; pltd. 1857, | 66 9/ 9 31/26 0O 
Ly 39 ” ” 861, 61 0 6 6 seeeee 
Fe Winding Terrace, Feu ak I fo} UH) NL) 
There are numerous other specimens of most of these about 
as fine as the above, growing in various parts of the grounds; 
and the collection of Conifers grown at Murthly numbers in all 
over seventy species, besides many varieties. The heights were 
taken by a man going up the tree with a long rod, and the 
measurements are all as accurate as it is possible to take 
them. They constitute a useful record. 
PAY MOUNT: 
The return journey to Perth was made by the direct road 
along the south side of the Tay; passing at about three miles 
from Murthly the famed Douglas Fir plantation at Taymount, 
which the party halted to inspect, through the kind permis- 
sion of the Earl of Mansfield, the proprietor of the estate. 
Situated a short distance off the road, it was soon reached by a 
few of the most active of the party, the practical members of 
which expressed their high satisfaction with what they 
observed of the Douglas fir, here growing as an ordinary 
