PLANTATIONS AND TREES ON THE ESTATE OF BRAHAN, 503 
‘sandstone. The largest part of this plantation consists of oak, 
from 40 to 50 feet in height, which are growing on ground that 
has yielded a crop of larch. The whole of the plantation is in a 
very healthy and thriving state, with the exception of the ash, 
which has been planted in the bogs and damp places, the timely 
and proper drainage of which has not been attended to. The trees, 
in consequence, have made little progress, and are black in the 
heart when they are cut up. They only average from 18 inches 
to 2 feet in circumference, and contain from 5 to 8 cubic feet, while 
most of the oak will measure double that size. 
In this plantation are two clumps of the newer conifers. In the 
first one, which contains about twenty plants, those that have done 
best are a Picea Nordmanniana, 43 feet in height, girthing 5 feet 
8 inches at 3 feet up, and clothed with branches to the ground, 
the spread of branches being 35 feet ; a Picea pinsapo is 25 feet in 
height, and a very symmetrical tree; an Abies Douglasit is 50 feet 
high ; a Cupressus Lawsoniana, 23 feet high. Of Thuja gigantea 
there is a very healthy and flourishing tree, 45 feet high, and 4 
feet 9 inches in circumference at 3 feet from the ground; a 
Cryptomeria Lobbi is 20 feet in height ; a Cedrus deodara is 38 
feet high. There are also some very healthy specimens of Cupressus 
Nutkaénsis, Wellingtonia gigantea, Pinus excelsa, Araucaria 
imbricata, and others. They are growing in good loamy soil, with 
a southern exposure, and are sheltered on the north and east sides 
by a Scots fir plantation. They are from 20 to 25 years of age, 
and grow at an altitude of about 120 feet. 
The second clump, which contains about 40 trees, is at an 
altitude of 200 feet, on a light loamy soil, resting on gravel, and 
with an open exposure. The trees here have been planted by friends 
of the Seaforth family at various times, chiefly between the years 
1863 and 1866. Two Wellingtonias are now 48 and 40 feet in height, 
respectively, the latter being 7 feet 9 inches in circumference at 3 
feet up, with a spread of branches of 28 feet. Two Picea nobilis 
are 46 and 36 feet high—the former being a very handsome 
specimen girthing 5 feet 1 inch at one foot, 4 feet 5 inches at 3 
feet, and 4 feet 3 inches at 5 feet from the ground; spread of 
branches, 27 feet. A Picea Parsonii is 36 feet high, girthing 6 feet 
4 inches, 5 feet 10} inches, and 5 feet 4 inches, at 1, 3, and 5 feet 
up. Pinus excelsa is 23 feet in height ; Pinus cembra, 25 feet ; 
Pinus Craigiana, 31 feet; Abies Douglasir, 42 feet; Abies 
Albertiana, 31 feet; Abies Smithiana or Morinda, 20 feet ; 
