l80 THE LAECH. 



Mr. E. Murray, forester, Innescara, County Cork, 

 Ireland, says : " There was recently sold on this 

 estate a larch plantation of fifty acres, thirty-seven 

 years planted, containing 250 trees per acre, at £']0 

 per acre, equal to about 5 s. /d. per tree. The trees 

 averaged about eight cubic feet, but a considerable por- 

 tion of them were beginning to decay in the heart." 



The estate of Durris on Deeside is splendidly 

 wooded, and comprehends about 5000 acres of plan- 

 tation, of which a large portion is larch, which, on all 

 the dry and suitable ground, is growing remarkably 

 well. In confirmation of this may be cited the cir- 

 cumstance, that on the ever-memorable night of the Tay 

 Bridge disaster over 700 larch trees were blown down, 

 forty years planted, and were sold in the plantations 

 at an average of 8s. per tree, which was a high price 

 considering that blown trees invariably realise less 

 than growing ones. 



In 1792 a plantation was formed on the north 

 side of the Hill of Fare, near Midmar Castle, Aber- 

 deenshire ; and when cut down in 1875, the trees 

 contained from 70 to 80 cubic feet of the finest 

 quality of timber, quite sound and healthy. 



In 1825 a plantation was formed on Monymusk 

 estate, consisting of larch and Scotch fir. The larch 

 is now fully two-thirds more value than the Scotch 

 fir, and making wood very rapidly ; the larches con- 

 tain on an average eight cubic feet of clean, well- 

 srown timber. 



