114 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



In a recent communication Mr Bogie informs us that measure- 

 ments made in November showed that the growth during this 

 year was from 6 to i8 inches. 



At Mount-Stuart, in the Island of Bute, the fine plantations of 

 Japanese larch deserve special mention, and Mr Howe, overseer, 

 Mount-Stuart, has been good enough to send the following 

 account of these interesting plantations : — 



" Carn Bann Plantation, Bute Estate. 



"This plantation was planted during February and finished 

 6th March 1908. It extends to 20 acres — 18 acres of which 

 are pure Japanese larch. Two acres on top of the hill are 

 planted with Scots pine for shelter from the west winds. The 

 trees when planted were 2-year i-year seedlings, and notch- 

 planted in straight rows 4 feet apart. The average height of 

 trees in the plantation at present is 12 feet with 6h inches circum- 

 ference 2 feet from the ground. The plantation has a south-east 

 exposure and rises from 200 feet at bottom of plantation to 

 250 feet at top above sea-level. The soil is a free sandy loam 

 on top of rock, and carried a crop of beech before the present 

 trees were planted. 



" With the exception of having to fence it against rabbits and 

 roe deer when planted, it has not cost anything. No filling up 

 was necessary. The cost of cutting bracken is the only expense 

 since planting, and amounts to the wage of a man for one day 

 in each of the first two years. Should the plantation continue to 

 grow as well as it is doing just now, in two years' time it will 

 require a light thinning, as I observe the bottom branches are 

 being suppressed already. The plantation on the whole is very 

 healthy. I can safely say there is not a diseased tree in it, 



" CuLiviNE Plantation, Bute Estate (see Plate IX.). 



"This plantation is 10 acres in extent, 5 of which are pure 

 Japanese larch and 5 acres pure European larch, with only an 

 18-foot roadway dividing them. The area was planted in 

 February 1905; it has a southerly exposure and rises 300 feet 

 above sea-level. The soil is a deep, rich loam on top of clay. 

 The Japanese larch was planted 4 feet apart and the native 

 larch 3^ feet. Fencing was necessary against rabbits and roe 

 deer. The average height of the trees in the Japanese section 



