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Xo. 11 is a larger tree, the girth given, although much 

 the same as in the others, being taken higher up. It was 

 transplanted to "the Triangle" in spring 1887, hence its 

 rate, O'S'2, is unduly low. Eor the last three years it has 

 risen to I'lO, and the tree is now thoroughly healthy and 

 w^ell clothed to the ground. 



Two older specimens, Nos. 24 and 26, on the Terrace, one 

 a little under, the other a little above o feet in girth, are 

 stunted, although the foliage is healthy. For thirteen years 

 the rate of Xo. 24 has been only 0-22, and of Xo. 26, 0-49 ; 

 but the latter seems to be rallying somewhat, as its rate for 

 the first six years was only Oo4, and for the last seven rose 

 to 0-62. 



Xo. 26. PiNUs Pinaster. Xo. 25. P. Murrayana. 



Xo. 28. P. AUSTRIACA. 



All in the Pine collection and but poor specimens. 



F. Pinaster. A lanky tree, but throwing out long shoots ; 

 a good deal overshadowed by neighbours. It seems to be 

 falling of! both in appearance and increase, the latter having 

 averaged 0"90 the first three years and only 0"60 the last two. 



F. MurraTjana. A spreading and rather scraggy tree, 

 somewhat pressed by neighbours. Its rate was very steadily 

 about 0"70 for the first four years, but fell to 0"55 in the 

 late season of 1891, 



F. austriaca. A fairly good specimen at first, but has 

 been getting more and more lanky yearly, and the girth- 

 increase gradually fell from 0-85 in 1888 to 0-35 in 1891. It 

 contrasts unfavourably with a handsome somewhat older 

 specimen in the souLli bolder of the Arboretum, which in- 

 creased 1'25 in 1891, the oidy year of measurement; and 

 still more so with Xo. 2* of the old set, outside the garden 

 wall at Craigiehall, in ricli soil, and now 3 feet in girth, whose 

 rate for twelve years has been 1'53. 



