TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICUI/IURAL SOCIETY. 

 PARTICULARS OK PLANTATIONS— Co«//«w^fl'. 



Name of Estatk 

 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 



[h) 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 . 



Dysart. 



CONIKKRS. 



8 acres. 

 II. 



Moory clay, with 

 sub-soil, sandy clay. 



240 feet. 

 36-40 inches. 

 North. 



On south and west 

 by wood. 



Wood mixed. 



£1 per acre. 



Spring 1905. 



20s. 

 80s. 



I OS. 



None. 



15,400 larch, 1600 

 beech, 1800 oak. 



2-year 2-year and 

 18 m. hardwoods. 



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 



None. (Netted.) 



Balbimie. 



Conifers. 



20 acres. 

 II. 



Moorland, peaty soil. 



400 feet. 

 30 inches. 

 South. 



Good. 



Larch timber. 

 i6s. per acre. 

 1890. 



£1, 175. 



£?,, IS. 3d- 



None. 

 None. 



Scots pine, and a small 

 proportion of spruce 

 and larch. 



2-year i-year. 



Notch system ; 4840 

 per acre. 



Dead and suppressed 

 trees removed, May 

 1912. 



Slight, by pigeons, 

 rabbits and squirrels 

 in the earlier stages. 



Trifling. 



Lynedoch 



CO.NIFERS. 



9 94 1 acre* 

 II. 



Sandy loam. 



390-410 feet. 

 30-35 inches. 

 Mostly south-ei 



By woods, ex« 

 south. 



Crop of Scots pt 



larch. 

 15s. per acre. 



£2, 15s. (inc 



hedge). 

 /I, 7s. 

 £3, 2s. 



None. 

 None. 



Scots pine, 9 

 Japanese larc 

 Abies nobili 

 beech, on 

 only, I %• 



3 years (2-yeat 

 trans.). 



T notching; 3< 

 acre. 



Blown trees re 

 1912. 



Root fungus. 



Storm, 1912; 

 1911-12. 



