214 THE LARCH. 



At Castle Semple, in the parish of Lochwinnoch, 

 there are some excellent trees, one of which measures 

 65 feet in height and 10 feet in girth, and contains 

 over 200 feet of timber. 



At Airdwell farm, in the parish of Kirkbean, there 

 is at least one fine tree, very healthy and growing ; it 

 is only 82 years old, and yet contains 160 cubic feet 

 of timber. 



At Novar, in Eoss-shire, there are some splendid 

 trees ; one in particular, growing on the south-west 

 side of the garden, measures 96 feet in height, with 

 a clean almost cylindrical stem of 36 feet. It is 

 believed to be about 120 years old, and contains 210 

 cubic feet. 



At Balnagowan, in Eoss-shire, there are some very 

 fine specimens of larch ; not a few of them stand over 

 100 feet in height, and contain over 150 cubic feet 

 of timber, quite sound and healthy, and well worth 

 seeing. 



At Tulloch Castle, in Eoss-shire, there are the re- 

 mains of what once constituted the finest larch and fir 

 plantation in the North of Scotland. It was planted 

 in 1768, and comprehended 1000 acres imperial. On 

 the extreme top of the hill of Tulloch, although high 

 and much exposed, there is a tree still standing con- 

 taining over 50 cubic feet. 



Brahan Castle was at a former period unsurpassed 

 for its larch. Mr. Grigor gives the following account 

 of it in his book on Arboriculture, at page 220: — 

 " One of the finest clumps of larch ever produced in 



