PtE:\rAEKABLE TREES. 2 I 3 



growth. The following are the measurements of three 

 of them taken the other day : — 



No. I, 1 08 feet high, splendid symmetrical trunk, 

 85 feet in height, girth 14 feet 5 inches at i foot 

 from the ground, 1 2 feet 4 inches at 2 feet from the 

 ground, and 1 1 feet 5 inches at 5 feet from the 

 ground, containing nearly 200 cubic feet of timber. 



No. 2 girths 9 feet 3 inches at i foot from the 

 ground, 7 feet 9 inches at 5 feet from the ground, and 

 contains 138 cubic feet of timber. 



No. 3 girths 1 1 feet 6 inches at i foot from the 

 ground, 8 feet 10 inches at 5 feet from the ground, 

 with a trunk 75 feet in height, containing 140 cubic 

 feet of timber. 



At Ochtertyre, in Perthshire, there are some splendid 

 larches, some of which I measured at random the 

 other day, and are not the largest on the estate. No. i 

 girths 10 feet 8 inches above the swell of the roots, 

 with a perfectly clean stem of 40 feet, as straight and 

 smooth as a marble column, about 75 feet in height. 

 No. 2 girths 10 feet 5 inches above the swell of the 

 roots, and is also a splendidly grown timber tree ; and 

 from its healthy appearance, it, as well as many more 

 growing on the sloping bank immediately behind the 

 mansion, are certain in course of years of being magni- 

 ficent trees, being all comparatively young. 



At Ardross, the seat of Alexander Matheson, Esq., in 

 the parish of Eosskeen, are some excellent though not 

 old larches ; and on his property at Stornoway there 

 are a few good and healthy trees over 100 years old. 



