l66 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCmiSH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIEXy. 



alder and ash were noticed, which gave a general idea of the 

 possibilities of the country from a forestry point of view. 



Inverliever Estate.! (Area 12,628 acres.) 



The estate was purchased by the Commissioners of Woods in 

 1907 for the purpose of conducting an afforestation scheme on a 

 large scale. 



The first cost of the estate was_;£^25,ii5 : the redemption of 

 fixed charges has since amounted to ^^24 17, and the payments 

 for acclimatisation values of sheep stock to ^^4024, making a 

 total of ^31,556. 



A further payment of small amount for acclimatisation value 

 will have to be made on the termination of the existing 

 tenancies. 



General Description. — The estate is situated at the west 

 end of Loch Awe, on which it has a frontage of about 8^ miles. 

 The loch lies at an elevation of about 120 feet above sea-level, 

 while the highest point on the estate is about 1450 feet. The 

 rocks are mapped by the Geological Survey into two main 

 types : Schists (epidiorite, hornblendic, chloritic and talcose), 

 and Grits (greywackes, quartzite, and quartz schist). There are 

 also a number of intrusive dykes of basalt and dolorite. The 

 route followed by the Society lay almost wholly on the schists. 



The soil changes rapidly from place to place ; on the steeper 

 slopes it is generally a yellowish loam of good depth, on the 

 gentle slopes there is everywhere a tendency for peat to form, 

 and on badly drained sites this formation goes down to a depth 

 of several feet. The whole area has been heavily glaciated, 

 generally in a direction parallel with the loch, with the result 

 that the ground on the upper slopes is very broken. What were 

 formerly numerous small glacial lakes are now the sites of peat 

 bogs. 



At the north end of the property, near New York Pier, and 

 again near Ford, there are some fluvio-glacial deposits. 



The sea is only four miles distant from the western boundary 

 of the estate, but a certain amount of shelter is derived from the 

 intervening high land. Apart from the persistent winds the climate 

 is mild and well suited to tree-growth. The rainfall varies from 

 70 to 96 inches per annum, the snowfall is light and does not lie 



^ These notes on Inverliever Estate were supplied by the Ofiice of Woods, 

 etc. 



