504 PLANTATIONS AND TREES ON THE ESTATE OF BRAHAN, 
Cupressus Lawsonana, 24 feet ; Cupressus Nuthaénsis, 26 feet ; 
Araucaria imbricata, 20 feet ; Libocedrus decwrrens, 18 feet ; 
Cedrus deodara, 27 feet; Picea grandis and Picea Nordmanniana, 
each 20 feet in height. 
No. 7 contains about 60 acres, and consists of several belts or 
strips on Brahan home-farm, planted chiefly with oaks ; altitude, 150 
to 250 feet ; soil, light loam ; subsoil, clay ; exposure, 8. ; about 40 
years of age. The trees range from 30 to 50 feet in height ; and 
contain each from 7 to 12 cubic feet of timber. 
There are also several good lines of trees in the hedge-rows ; the 
best being alongside the east and west approaches. These last 
consist entirely of oak, about 70 years of age and 60 feet in 
height ; the average cubic contents of each being 25 feet. There is 
also a single row of oaks alongside the Turnpike road, of the same 
age and size ; and a fine avenue of old sycamores and ashes, north 
and south of the castle. These latter are about 200 years of age, 
and show signs of decay. The sycamores are 80 feet high, and 
are from 8 to 12 feet in circumference at 5 feet up. A little to 
the east of the castle is a fine clump of limes, about 150 years of 
age ; height, 80 to 90 feet ; girthing from 10 to 12 feet 6 inches 
at 3 feet up. The soil is a good loam; exposure, 8. ; altitude, 200 
feet. About 300 yards east of the Castle is “The Dell,” a piece 
of ground laid out with walks, and planted with Rhododendrons, 
Azaleas, Kalmias, and such-like. The collection of Rhododendrons is 
one of the most comprehensive in the country. There is also here 
a circle of beeches,—40 in number, of about 200 years of age, 90 
feet in height, and several of them over 12 feet in circumference 
at 3 feet up ; a beautiful Abzes Douglas, 78 feet high ; a Cedar 
of Lebanon, 65 feet; an English elm, 60 feet; and a purple 
beech, 70 feet in height. At the river-side, a little to the south of 
the Dell, is a clump of very large Scots firs, 200 years of age, and 
72 feet in height, with a circumference of 12 feet at 5 feet from 
the ground. The soil is a sandy loam ; subsoil, gravel ; and the 
exposure is south. The tree of greatest girth on the estate is an 
ash growing in the field about 200 yards west from these Scots firs, 
which girths 16 feet at 5 feet up. It is now past its best and 
decaying. The tree of greatest cubic contents is a sycamore, west 
of the castle, with a clean bole of 30 feet, with very little taper, 
containing 320 cubic feet, and apparently sound. 
Subjoined is a tabulated list of the largest trees on the estate, 
with their measurements, and where they are growing. 
