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The young trees were 5 years old when planted in their present 

 position, and their rate of growth is indicated below : — 



No. I. — This tree was planted in 1891, and is now 45 feet 

 high, with a circumference of 5 ft. 3 ins. at 5 feet from 

 the ground. 

 No. 2. — Planted in 1894, is 43 feet high, and it also has 



a circumference of 5 ft. 3 ins. at 5 feet. 

 No. 3. — Planted in 1898, is 40 feet high, with a circumfer- 

 ence of 3 ft. 10 ins. 

 No. 4. — Planted in 191 2, is 30 feet high, and 19 inches 

 in girth. 

 Resuming our walk towards the mansion-house we were 

 shown a fine specimen of Abies nobilis. Mr Fyfe informed us 

 that he had this tree measured in 1922, when it was found 

 to be 98 feet high, and to contain 216 cubic feet of timber. 

 Near by was a good specimen of Sequoia seinpervirens, which was 

 estimated to be 80 feet high with a girth of 7 ft. 10 ins. at 5 feet 

 from the ground. 



The time at the disposal of the company for further sight- 

 seeing having come to an end, an adjournment was made to 

 the mansion-house where the party was received by the Earl 

 and Miss Balfour, who very kindly provided them with a 

 sumptuous tea. After the members had partaken of the many 

 good things provided for them, Mr Allan, senior Vice-President 

 of the Society, in a few well-chosen remarks expressed the 

 gratitude of all present to Lord Balfour for his kindness in 

 entertaining them so hospitably, and for allowing them to visit 

 Whittingehame where so many interesting trees were to be seen, 

 and where his experiments with Thuja and beech will be watched 

 with so much interest. 



Lord Balfour in happy vein replied, and expressed the wish 

 that members of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society would 

 re-visit Whittingehame at no distant date. 



The thanks of the members were also conveyed to Mr Fyfe 

 for making the visit so interesting, and for the amount of 

 information he so freely gave in connection with the various 

 trees. 



The weather on the whole was fine, and the members returned 

 to Edinburgh thoroughly satisfied with all that they had seen, 

 and with the feeling that excursions of a similar nature should 

 be more frequent in the future than they have been in the past. 



