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of them could he have but looked upon them to-day. In the 
policies some of the newer conifers are growing with a beauty 
and luxuriance that rivetted the attention of the visitors. It 
would be difficult to say which were most praised. The Prince 
Albert firs were truly splendid. The seeds of this favourite tree 
were first sent home to this country by Jeffrey, during the first 
year of his Oregon expedition, on which he started in 1850, and 
some of the earliest seeds were sown by Mr Patton soon after 
their arrival in Scotland. Several of the Albert firs at The 
Cairnies are acknowledged to be among the finest in the 
country, and there are many noteworthy trees of Abies 
concolor, A. Douglas, A. grandis, A. nobilis, A. Menzesir, A. 
Nordmanniana, A. Pinsapo; Cupressus Lawsoniana, Pinus 
monticola, Thuja gigantea, Thujopsis borealis, and Wellingtonia 
gigantea. The dimensions of some of the best of the conifers 
are given in the following table, but there are scores of the 
same trees equally large, and perhaps even larger. As Mr 
M‘Lagan, to whom we were indebted for the measurements, 
truly remarked, it was not an easy matter to pick out the 
biggest among so many, and especially when they are.growing 
so thickly crowded together as they are at The Cairnies. The 
trees measured are all from thirty to thirty-five years of age. 
ConrIFeRsS AT THE CAIRNIES. 
Botanical Name. | Height. | Girth at 5 feet up. 
feet. ft. ins. 
Abies Albertiana, . : ; 63 6 9 
», cephalonica, . : ; 47 5 0 
PEERCOUCOLOT, 1 a : : 55 6 0 
», Douglasii, . : : 61 5 4 
» grandis, , ; ‘ 61 5 8 
»,  Hookeriana, : : 25 1 6 
», magnifica, . : 50 3 6 
:, Menziesti, . ‘ é Me 6 8 
si forinda, |. : 35 3 0 
», nobilis, : : ; 65 5 9 
», Nordmanniana, : 57 4 10 
PN OMENLALES, ©, ; : 50 3 3 
», Lattoniana, . : . 30 3 0 
Seemarow, . ‘ ; Do 3 0 
», Pinsapo, : : ; 26 3 2 
»,  Webbiana, . ; 5 36 2; 8 
Araucaria imbricata, . : 3 2 2 
Cupressus Lawsoniana, « : 36 3 4 
Pinus Cembra,  . . & 45 4 0 
1»  monticola, . ; ‘ 70 5 3 
Taxodium sempervirens, : 42 3 2 
Thuja gigantea, . : 4 48 2 6 
7 2 
Wellingtonia gigantea, . 5 45 
