I 68 THE LAECH. 



Expense of trenching the above, per acre . . . ;^i6 o o 



Plants and planting cost . . . . . . 580 



Incidental expenses ....... 100 



Total cost per acre . . . . ;!^22 8 



By those interested in the growth of larch, an 

 account of His Grace the Duke of Athole's forests will 

 be gladly received. Various statements regarding the 

 Duke of Athole's larch forests are already before the 

 public. A very full account of them was published in 

 the "Transactions" of the Highland Society for 1832, 

 from which the waiter has taken some extracts. Forty- 

 eight years have elapsed since the account referred to 

 was published, hence great and important changes have 

 taken place since then. To give anything like a detailed 

 account of the above forests would occupy space far 

 beyond the limits at command. ISTothing, however, 

 will be withheld that is considered sufficiently impor- 

 tant to prove of practical value to those interested in 

 the culture of the larch. 



His Grace John, third Duke of Athole, planted in 

 various ways 410 acres betw^een the years 1759 and 

 1774, the greater part of w^hich w^ere cut down several 

 years ago, at various stages of perfection, and in general 

 they proved remunerative. A large enclosure w^as 

 planted near Blair Athole between the years 1777 

 and 1782. Thinning was attended to when about 

 twenty years planted, but in this case it was evidently 

 too long delayed. The trees in this plantation were 

 planted between five and six feet apart, and, as a 

 natural result, some of the trees died when young, 



