176 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL 



PARTICULARS OF COMPETITION, 1920. 



SOCIETY. 



Name of Estate 

 Description 

 Class ' 

 Soil . 



Elevation . 

 Rainfall . 

 Aspect 

 Shelter 



Previous occupation of 

 land 



Rent of land adjoining 



Date of planting 



Cost of planting : 



(a) Fencing 



(b) Draining 



(c) Planting (includ- 



ing making up 

 blanks) 



(d) Cleaning . 



(e) Soil cultivation or 



other outlay 



Species planted . 



Age of plants used 



Drum. 



Scots Pine, 18 acres. 

 IV. 



Gravelly. 



100-120 feet. 

 30*5 inches. 

 Undulating. 

 Plantation to west. 



Timber. 



Arable, 20s. per acre. 



1911. 



Not known accurately. 



Countesswells. 



Scots Pixe, 22 acres. 



IV. 



Moorland gravel and 

 " pan " ; granitic. 



500-520 feet. 



26 inches. 



S. and W. gentle slope. 



From east and in early 

 stages from west. 



Partly timber, partly 

 heather. 



Arable, 25s. per acre. 



Spring, 191 1. 



Not known accurately. 



Chiefly Scots pine with 

 a few larch. 



2 -year i-year. 



Method of planting j Notching. 4840. 

 and number of 

 plants per acre . 



Date of thinnings (if 



any) 

 Damage by fungi. 



insects, birds, 



mammals 



Damage from other 



No thinnings. 



A few plants eaten by 

 rabbits, larch dam- 

 aged by hares. 



About half an acre 

 destroyed by fire, 

 and replanted 1920. 



Pure Scots pine with 

 patch of pure larch 

 at S.W. corner. 



2 -year 2-year. 



Notched. 4000-450C 

 per acre ; made up 

 in 1913 ; proportion 

 of plants used, 10 %. 



No thinnings. 



Damage by weevils 

 in spots. A little 

 damage by rabbits, 

 most damage by dis- 

 budding by Black 

 game. Black game 

 still damage leading 

 shoots. 



No other damage. 



Fyvie. 



Larch, 26 acres. 

 V. 

 Loam on Schist. 



300-350 feet. 

 36 '4 inches. 

 North-west. 

 Moderately sheltered. 



Timber. 



Arable, 20s. per acre. 

 1902. 



£2 per acre. 

 £6 per acre. 



7s. per acre. 



Japaneseand European 

 larch, 50 % of each 

 in pure blocks. 



2-year i-year. 



Notched. 3500 per 

 acre. 



No thinnings. 



Some damage by rab- 

 bits and roe deer. 

 Peziza to some 

 extent on European 

 larch. No disease 

 on Japanese larch. 



Xo other damage. 



