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Another at Castle-Meuzies, at several points, 1892. 



Acer cavipcstris. 



Probably the largest in Scotland, in 1770, at Inveraray, 

 was 7 feet 1 inch in girth at 4 feet. — Dr. Walker. 



The rate of a young tree, 14 inches in girth, in the 

 Edinburgh Arboretum in 1892 was 1"60 inch. — D. 

 Christison. 



\l. TiiK Llme (Tilia europcca). 



The lime, as Mr. Hutchison remarks, is rarely grown in 

 Scotland except as an ornamental tree, particularly for 

 avenues. There appears to be no record of any remarkable 

 lime which has disappeared. 



Scottish limes above 17 feet in girth at 5 feet up. 

 Chiefly from Mr. Hutchison's Table of 69 Scottish limes 

 (Trans. H. and Agr. Soc. Scot., 1883). 



