208 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
though the average all over the plantation was about three per 
plant. 
A solution of arseniate of soda, in the proportion of 2 ounces 
of the powder to ro gallons of water, was also tried. This was 
painted over the plants, but, as in the case of the lime, with 
no beneficial result; and Ahlbottn’s tree-protecting solution, 
applied in a similar way, also gave negative results. 
Nothing that I tried seemed to inconvenience the weevils. I 
rolled some amongst the fresh-ground lime, and dipped others in 
the arseniate solution, but next morning they seemed to be as 
lively as ever. Trapping with fresh bark, and, in young planta- 
tions, picking them off the plants, and, more particularly, removing 
them from the sward round the necks of the plants for a distance 
of 6 inches from the stem, proved the most effective plan with us. 
_ The best preventive measure I know of is to burn as much of the 
rubbish as possible before planting the ground. 
The year 1902 was the worst we have had. I got them that 
year in a plantation formed on new ground which is fully a mile 
from the nearest old fir-trees. THomas NEILSON, 
Birkhill, Clackmannan. 
A FINE LARcH. 
I send a photograph of a larch tree which was felled at 
Novar in November 1904, and as the tree was a particularly 
fine one, perhaps the illustration may prove of interest to the 
members of the Society. The tree was 123 years old, and the 
bole contained about 400 cubic feet of timber (quarter-girth 
measurement), being 82 feet long by 26} inches on the side in 
the centre. The following are the girths of the first 4o feet, at 
5 feet intervals :— 
Ft. Ins. 
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5} Ge TE 5 ; ~ Io 44 
yy 2 ae . ; : .. 16.7 
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Wm. MACKENZIE. 
