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consider abnormal. One plantation of lo acres, planted in the 

 spring of 19 12, has already an average height of 16 feet; 

 the larch having a circumference of 10 ins. 4 ft. from the 

 ground. The Thuyas, where they have had room to get away, 

 are equally good. I am having a light thinning taken out, 

 and the larches stripped of dead branches to give the Thuyas 

 space to get away, and I am quite confident they will then 

 keep pace with the larch in future. 



Although there are several good specimen trees of Thuya on 

 this estate, of timber dimensions, I have not yet had the 

 experience of cutting up the timber, and will be very interested 

 to have any information from any members who have manu- 

 factured it, as to what uses it is best suited for, and if it has a 

 future as a commercial timber. 



William Fyfe. 



