Nov. 189-2.] BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBUKGH. 



473 



Number above 1 5 feet 



o;round. 



Between 15 and 16 feet, 

 ,, 16 and 17 ,, 

 17 and 18 .. 

 IS and 19 ,. 



19 and 20 ,, 



20 and upwards. 



iu oiith at 5 feet from the 



15 

 8 

 5 

 1 

 

 3 



Total above 15 feet, . . 32 



Number recorded between 90 and 100 feet in height, . 34 

 ,, above 100 feet in height, . . .22 



The lofty beeches recorded by Mr. Hutchison are also of 

 remarkable girth. At Arniston, Midlothian, and no doubt 

 in many other places, beeches of considerable girth, and 

 100 feet high, are numerous. At Cramoud Bridge, in the 

 Craigiehall grounds, there is a grove which thirteen years 

 ago numbered sixty, all about 100 feet high, and several 

 above it, but girthing only between G and 9 feet. 



Although the giant beeches are inferior in girth to the 

 giant oaks in Scotland, yet their general superiority is 

 shown by their greater height and the wider span of 

 the branches. 



(a) Newbattle Beech, Midlothian. — If we take into 

 consideration height, spread of foliage, vigorous growth, 

 and grandeur of aspect, as well as girth, the Xewbattle 



