Nov. 1892.] BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBUEGH. 



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Number exceedins; 15 feet in crirth at 5 feet. 



Probably all these would 

 be retained as above 15 feet 

 at the narrowest girth, but 

 several would be reduced 

 from the higher to the 

 lower ranks. 



Above 15 feet, 39 

 Above 20 feet in girth at 1 foot, 



21 



Except the Marchmont tree none exceed 90 feet in 

 height, and only four reach it. 



The trees, 17 feet in girth and upwards at 5 feet, 

 excluded from the table are : — 



In. 



5 Oulv 14 ft. 6 in. at 3 ft. in 1862. 

 Only 15 ft. 6 in. at 6 ft. in 1862. 

 Onlj' 10 ft. at 1 ft. ; surely some mis- 

 take here. 

 Only 16 ft. at 3 ft. 

 Bole only 6 ft. 

 Bole not given, and no other details. 



Taymouth, Perth, . 

 Kirkmichael, Ayr, . 

 Kirkconnel, Dumfries 



Menteith, Stirling, . 

 Dunipace, Stirling, . 

 Murthlj-, Perth, 



Ft. 



17 



17 

 IS 



18 

 19 

 17 







Scottish Chestnuts. — 1. Ardgakten Chestnut. — 

 Probably this was the finest and most promising Spanish 

 chestnut in Scotland until a few years ago. In 1867 

 Sir Piobert Christison described it as having a tall, 

 beautiful trunk, without humps, 20 feet in girth at 5 

 feet up. Unfortunately, a storm in 1875 broke it over, 

 and reduced its height from 100 to 70 feet. He found, 

 nevertheless, in 1877 that the girth had increased 8 

 inches since 1867, and that the foliage was still dense 

 and healthy. In 1879, Mr. James Gordon, gardener at 

 Luss, found the girth at 7 feet up to be 19 feet lOi 

 inches. 



2. Keir Chestnut. — Sir Eobert described this in 1878 

 as venerable and staghorned, with scanty foliage and many 

 rugged humps. At 4 feet up, where most free from these, 

 it girthed 20 feet. 



3. Edmonstone Chestnut, — Probably the largest near 

 Edinburgh. Sir Eobert found it to be 16 feet 10 inches 

 in girth 5 feet up in 1879, 



4. FiNAVON Chestnut, Forfarshire. — One of the largest 

 deciduous trees in Scotland, of which we have a well- 



