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TEAXSACTIOXS AND PROCEEDINGS OF [Sess. lvi. 



Table II. Annual Eate and Range of Conifers, derived 

 FROM one Tree ox each Species (vigorous group). 



No. 8. Abies Lovjiana stands decidedly in the first place, 

 with 1'78. This was at 3 feet up, but the rate for 1890 at 

 5 feet up was no less than 2 '25. The rate is confirmed hj 

 that of a neighbour, 1-80, but this was for two years only, 

 transplantation having greatly retarded its growth for the 

 three subsequent years. 



i^To. 91. Abies grandis, 1-49, is probably representative, 

 as no tree could be healthier or more vigorous-looking. 

 Although the rate is not equal to that of A. Lowiana, it is 

 probably owing to the tree being rather younger. 



No. 20. Larix europcea, 1'22, is probably too low for a 

 Larch, as the growth was very irregular, and one year reached 

 1*75. It is the only one of my Gonifera; that has the dis- 

 advantage of growing in the south belt of the Arboretum. 



No. 66. Abies Douglasii, 1'18, probably too low, as the 

 tree may still be suffering from transplantation, which in 

 1888 reduced the rate to 0'45. The rate given is deduced 

 from the three subsequent years. It is true the rate (115) 

 of another tree. No. 99, some few years older, is much the 

 same, but an ancestor of them both, that stood on the same 

 spot as No. 66, had a rate of 1*56 for thirty-seven of its early 

 years. 



No. 2. Finus exeelsa. 1*08 may be a natural rate for so 

 young a tree. 



No. 12. Th'iija glganka, 1-02, probably reliable, as the tree 

 is a fine one. 



No. 65. Araucaria imbricafM. 0*61 is a fair rate com- 

 pared with that Qf other specimens in the Botanic Garden. 



