522 TRANSACTIONS AND PEOCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. lvii. 



(c) PiATE, ASCERTAINED BY GiRTH MEASUREMENT, AT 5 



Feet (Mr. Hutchison's Tables). 



Locality. 



Date. 



Girth 



Period. 



Rate. 



Roseneatli, DumbartoD, 

 Do. do. 



Ft. In. I Years. 

 1882 21 8 ; 65 



22 65 



Inch. 

 1-12 

 1-07 



(d) A tree at Dalswinton, Dumfries, 8 feet 6 inches in 

 girth in 1860; rate for previous five years, 1"50 inch 

 (Sir E. Christison). 



(c) Eate of PiOseneath Trees, supposing 1600 to be 

 the date of planting. 



Tlie considerable number of rates given in the tables, 

 although they may not all be strictly reliable, nevertheless 

 agree in showing that this species both grows more quickly 

 and attains a greater size than the native fir. If the 

 measurements of the celebrated trees at Eoseneath, given 

 in Mr. Hutchison's table, are to be relied on, increase in 

 girtli must l^e going on about as rapidly at the present 



