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THE LARCH. 



On the Strathmore estate, Forfarshire, hundreds of 

 acres of larch, from 90 to iio years old, have been 

 cut down, and also on the neighbouring estate of Lin- 

 dertis, belonging to Sir Thomas Munro, Bart., where 

 trees similar to those about to be described are still to 

 be found. These are the only estates in the county 

 where a great number of old larch was grown, but 

 that is now almost a thing of the past. 



The following eight trees are growing in a mixed 

 plantation of 56 acres, within the policy grounds of 

 Glamis Castle, and measure as follows : — 



With the gale of 28th December 1879 one tree at 

 the same place and same age as the above was blown 

 down, which girthed at 5 feet from the ground 1 2 feet 6 

 inches, height 107 feet, and contained 320 cubic feet 

 of timber. After the root was cut off, by request a 

 slice was cut from it and sent to Sir Eobert Christi- 

 son for the museum of the Botanic Gardens, Edin- 

 burgh. Sir Eobert's remarks were, that had the tree 

 been allowed to grow to the same age and at the same 



