NURSERV AND PLANTATION COMPETITION. 

 _PAKTICULARS OF PLANTATIONS-C^«//«,W. 



99 



Falkland. 



Larch. 



40 acres. 

 II. 



y loam. 



550 feet, 

 lal. 



)uth and west. 



I, Scots pine and 



ace. 



I. per acre. 



nn and spring, 

 4-05 ; spring, 

 6; spring, 1907. 



ult to ascertain 

 ith such exact- 

 :ss as to be of 

 lue. 



Bamff. 



Scots Pine and 



Spruce. 



1 1 acres. 



II. 



Good coating of vege- 

 table loam on Old 

 Red Sandstone. 



600-660 feet. 



25-30 inches. 



South-west. 



Sheltered from N. and 

 E. by slope of 

 ground. 



Fir wood. 



15s. per acre. 



In successive breaks 

 between 1895 and 

 1902. 



Rabbit netting. 



No draining done. 

 Little beating up. 



Considerable. 

 None. 



European larch No. i break Scots and 

 o Japanese larch spruce, the others 

 separate com- all Scots pine, 



mem), strip of | 

 glas. I 



ip. larch, I -year 2-year i-year. 



all others 

 ar 2-year. 



planting; 4840 Notched; 2700 per 

 ^'-''^- acre. 



At various times as 

 needed. 



by rabbits. Much, by rabbits. 



Very considerable, 

 from broom having 

 got in at first; spruce 

 seemed to suffer 

 most, but eventually 

 did better than the 

 Scots. 



Raith. 



Hardwoods. 



2-413 acres. 

 III. 



Peaty soil. 



331 feet. 



Average about 29 ins. 

 Slight incline to the 

 north. 



Timber, chiefly spruce. 

 25s. per acre. 

 I 895- I 896. 



About ;^io. 



Blocks of about equal 

 size of sycamore, 

 Norway maple, ash, 

 elm, poplar. 



5 years when planted. 



Pitted ; about 3000 per 

 acre. 



