THE BEST METHOD OF PLANTING AT HIGH ALTITUDES. 



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one-half to one-third of that of larch, still the volume of timber 

 per acre under spruce should, at the lowest estimate, be equal to 

 three times the volume of larch. Amongst the spruces, the 

 best for high and exposed altitudes and for making rapid 

 growth is the Menzies, or sitchensis. I have seen this tree in a 

 mixed plantation, at an altitude of about 800 feet, outgrow the 

 common spruce, the larch, and even the Douglas fir; and I 

 have found it to thrive better than the common spruce on a 

 soil that retained mere moisture than would be suitable for the 

 growth of larch. 



As a valuable article on the Sitka spruce, by Mr J. D. Crozier, 

 has already appeared in the Tratisactions of the Royal Scottish 

 Arboricultural Society (vol. xxiii., p. 7), it is only necessary for 

 me to state here that I have always been much impressed by 

 its suitability as a timber tree for high and exposed situations 



Financial Summary. 



{From Journal of the Board of Agriculture.) 

 Amount in 1 909 at 3 per cent, compound interest. 



Estimated return under sheep not greater than rent given above, 



i.e., £4,021, 13s. 

 The shooting has been considered of no value. 



