498 TRANSACTIONS AND PKOCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. i.vii. 



chestnuts (Trans. H. and Agr. Soc. Scot, xvi., 1884, p. 

 192). 



Xumbei' 15 feet in girth and upwards, 



].', to It) feet, 



It) ,, 17 ,, 1 



17 ,, IS ., ... . . 1 



18 ,, 19 ,, 



19 and upwanls, ..... 1 



Above 1,^ 



Above 20 at 1 loot up, 



IfATE OF GiRTH-InCREASE. 



Fi'om measiii'ements at 5 feet up. 



SiTUATIO.N. 



I Last 

 Observ- 

 aliou. 



1, Edin. Arboretum, . 1H9-' 



•_'. Do. do. .• 



:!. Do. do. . ] 



I. Aunat I,odge, I'ertli, 18S1) 



Girth. 



Ft. In 

 1 1-25 

 1 ■>-\o 

 ()11-1() 



;i :j-oo 



Period. 



Years. 

 .") 

 1 

 1 

 1 



Rate. 



1-15 

 i:!5 



1 •().■) 



Autliority. 



D. Christison 



Do. 



Do. 

 Dr. Buchanan White 



From nieasurcmcnts at J feet up. 

 ]'olloc. Renfrew, .| 18«3 |lo (1-001 47 | 1 -.S? 1 Mr Hutchison's Table 



Rate from known age of the Tree, at o feet. 



SrruAi lu.x. 



Yestcr, Haddington, . 



Last 



Olisorv- 



ation. 



] 88:J 



Girtli. Age. 



Ft. In. 



Years. 



Rate. 



Authurity. 



8 i; ! 9U ^■\:] Mr. Hutchison's Table 



At'l feet. 

 B.arg.dy, Kirkc'dbrightl 1780 1 10 1 X3 I 1-00 | Dr. Walker 



