EEMARKABLE TREES. 2 I 5 



Scotland was grown at Bralian Castle, on the banks of 

 the Connon, Ross-shire. It originally occupied about 

 one imperial acre. When I last saw it, the remaining 

 trees were about eighty years of age, and averaged 

 about 90 feet in height. The trees stood about 20 feet 

 apart, and many of them contain 100 cubical feet." 



At Connon, in the parish of Urquhart, on the south 

 side of the river, there are many very fine larches. 

 Some which I measured a year ago girthed as fol- 

 lows : — One of them 7 feet i inch at 3 feet from the 

 ground, another 7 feet 10 inches at the same height, 

 and another 8 feet. They are young, well grown, and 

 all splendid timber trees for commercial or industrial 

 purposes. 



At Belladrum, in Inverness-shire, there are several 

 fine trees ; two I measured last October girthed respec- 

 tively 1 5 feet above the sweU of the roots, and 1 1 

 feet 5 inches about 3 feet above ground. They are both 

 in excellent health, and likely to survive to a great age. 



Several fine larches are growing in a glen at Cullen 

 House, Banffshire, planted about 1767. They contain 

 from 100 to 160 cubic feet of timber, are in excellent 

 health, and now increasing at the rate of from 2 to 4 

 cubic feet annually. They are inland from the Moray 

 Firth from one to three miles, and are sheltered from 

 the sea and other exposures by rising grounds. The 

 soil is a light, dry, gravelly loam, resting in some places 

 upon clay, and in others upon sandy gravel and water- 

 worn stones. The trees are well clothed with branches, 

 having always had ample room. 



