Nov. l.sO-'.] ISOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBUliGH. 



495 



Number above 1 5 feet in girth. 



15 to Ifi foi-t, .... 



i»; .. 17 ., 



17 ., IS ,, . . . 



IS ,. 19 ,, 



19 ,, "20 ,, or nil ward. s, 



Total, 



Above 20 feet in girth at 1 foot, . 



11 



The Kirkmichael tree I have included because, v/ith its 

 girth of 23 feet 1 inch at 3 feet, and a bole of 25 feet, 

 it cannot fail to be above 17 feet at 5 feet, and may easily 

 be above 20 feet. This tree, with its greater height and 

 wider spread, may surely dispute the premiership which 

 Mr. Hutchison gives to the Kinloch specimen, particularly 

 as the latter is only 21 feet 2 inches at 1 foot, while the 

 former is 23 feet 1 inch at 3 feet. 



Uates of Girtii-Increase. 



From measuremeuts at ") feet up. 



Situation. 



Last 

 Observa- 

 I tion. 



1. Edin. Arboretuni, 

 •2 Do. do. 



.3. Do. do. 



4. Clifton, Gloucester, 



5. Polloc, Kenfrew, 



1802 



1890 

 1881 



Girth. 



Ft. In. 

 11-5 



11-0 



1 3-0 

 5 3-U 



11 .S-0 



From known age of Tree, at 5 feet. 



Ken mure, KirkcuH' 

 Do. do. 



Kinnaird, Forfar, 

 Do. do. 



(1-71 I Mr.Hutchison'sTables 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



* In poor sandy soib 



A^II. The Elm {Ulmus campcstri^ and U. montana). 



Large elms in Scotland are of the Wycli species, tlie 

 biggest, U. campcstris, at Eglinton girthing only 1 2 feet 

 4 inches at 5 feet (Hutchison) ; whereas the great elms of 

 England are nearly all of the latter species. 



Scottish elms above 17 feet in girth, at 5 feet up, from 



