NOTES AND QUERIES. 1 89 



The trees were grown on an estate in Lanarkshire, on a deep 

 gravel soil at an elevation of 800 feet, in woods formed about 

 140 years ago, but which were largely cleared of their crop 

 during the gales of 1879 and 1884. The original crop was 

 a mixed one, consisting mainly of Scots pine, spruce, and 

 larch, with a few beech in places, and it is interesting to note 

 that the portions which escaped damage were largely those 

 where beech were present, presumably owing to this wind-firm 

 tree resisting the force of the gales and giving protection to the 

 other trees near it. 



The larch was mainly cut in 1848, manufactured into sleepers, 

 and disposed of to the Caledonian Railway Company ; while the 

 spruce, together with the greater part of the pines, were blown 

 down as stated. 



Sections of the area had been replanted without the removal 

 of the old isolated trees having been carried out, and as these 

 were retarding the growth of the young trees adjoining it was 

 decided to remove them, and the foregoing are the particulars 

 of the trees cut. 



Since the above was written a further lot of trees has been 

 cut, and the average contents of these is loi cubic feet. 



J. M'L. 



Edinburgh Meeting of British Association. 



At the Edinburgh meeting of the British Association, held 

 in September last, several important papers on forestry were 

 read, and useful discussions took place. Excursions were 

 also arranged to the Donibristle, Raith, Murthly, and Dunkeld 

 estates. Section K (Botany), with which forestry was 

 associated, generously set aside a whole day for forestry 

 papers and discussions, and it is hoped that the subject 

 may be permanently associated with that Section. 



On the occasion of the meeting a most interesting book was 

 published, entitled Edinburgh' s Place in Scientific Progress, which 

 contains a section on forestry written by Sir John Stirling- 

 Maxwell, in which the pioneer work done in Edinburgh is 

 recorded. 



