94 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 PARTICULARS OF PLANTATIONS. 



Name of Estate 

 Description 



Area . 

 Class 



Soil . 



Elevation . 

 Rainfall 

 Aspect 

 Shelter 



Previous occupation of 



land 

 Rent of land adjoining 



the Plantation 

 Date of planting 

 Cost per acre : 

 (a) Fencing 



(d) Draining 



(c) Planting, includ- 

 ing beating up 



{d) Cleaning . 



(e) Soil cultivation or 



other outlay, if 

 any 



Species planted and, 

 if more than one, 

 relative propor- 

 tions of each 



Age of plants 



Method of planting 

 and number of 

 plants used per acre 



Date of thinning, if 

 any 



Damage by fungi, 



insects, birds, 



rabbits, hares, 

 squirrels, or other 

 creatures 



Damage from other 

 causes 



Kinaldy. 



Scots Pink. 



2 '5 acres. 

 I. 



Sandy clay. 



450 feet. 



About 35 inches. 

 Slight slope to south. 

 Sheltered by old trees 



on N. E. and south. 

 Formerly cultivated, 



latterly pasture. 

 15s. to 1 8s. per acre. 



Winter of 1890-91. 



Required on one side 



only ; wire fence. 

 Field drains remain. 

 No beating up. 



None. 



None. 



Scots pine only, with 

 rows of birch next 

 road. 



Notched in ; 1200 to 

 the acre. 



Thinned once about 

 10 years after plant- 

 ing. 



Not much damage ; 

 protection having 

 been given at first 

 by rabbit netting. 



Plants suffered at first 

 from club root, but 

 as the trees killed 

 the grass the roots 

 seemed to recover 

 and develop. 



Balcarres. 



Scots Pink. 



3 acres. 

 I. 



Fairly good loam, wet. 



450 feet. 



Average 27 inciies. 



South. 



From the north. 



Grass. 



30s. per acre. 



January 1 904. 



£4, IIS. id. 



Labour, £2, 6s. i lid. ; 



cost of planting, 



^l per 1000. 

 £2, cutting grass. 



Scots pine. 



3 years. 

 Slitted ; 4790. 



None. 

 Sawfly. 



Balcarres. 



Scots I'ine. 



27 acres. 

 I. 



West, half rub 

 east, good loaqi 

 600 feet. 



Average 27 inches 

 On top of hill. 

 Quite exposed. 



Grass. 



I 



January 1904. 

 £4, IIS. Id. 



Labour, £2, 6s. II 

 cost of planting, 

 per 1000. 



£1, 17s. lod., cut 

 grass. 



i 



Scots pine. 



I 



4 



3 years. 

 Slitted ; 4790 pi.' 

 per acre. 



None. 



Pine sawfly 

 rabbits. 



