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country, should be invited to send in such reports to some central 

 point, where they could be generalized, and the results made public." 



Cones on Pin us Lamhertiana. 



A paper by A. G. Spiers, Esq., of Culcreuch, intituled ' Notice of 

 the Production of Cones, in 1851, on Pinus Larabertiana,' was read. 



The tree on which the cones were produced was stated to be about 

 23 feet in height. The cones contained perfect seeds, from which 

 young plants have been raised. 



Mr. M'Nab stated that several plants of Abies Morinda were fruit- 

 ing this season, in different situations ; viz., at Riccarton, Dysart 

 House, and the Botanic Garden. He mentioned that all these 

 plants had grown in the Botanic Garden, and had been transplanted 

 last year. The large plants of the same pine, which had not been 

 transplanted, showed no symptoms of flowering. 



Measurement of Trees in Gurlnvul and Kemaon. 



A paper by Mr. John Strachey, C.S., intituled ' Measurement of 

 Trees in Gurhwal and Kemaon, in 1852 ' (communicated by Major 

 Madden), was read. 



Major Madden stated that he had received this communication 

 from Capt. Richard Strachey, with permission to make what use of it 

 he thought best. He therefore laid it before the Botanical Society, 

 thinking it might be interesting to have some actual measurements, 

 by a careful observer, of Himalayan trees, some of which are now 

 being so largely introduced into Britain. 



Of one example of Cedrus Deodara, growing at an elevation of 8000 

 feet above the sea, the author says, it had " a perfectly sound, straight, 

 single trunk. At 40 feet from the ground, I tried to measure its girth, 

 but could not manage it ; but 1 convinced myself that, at that height, 

 it must be more than 20 feet round. This is a wonderful tree." 



The author remarks of eleven examples of Cupressus torulosa, at 

 elevations of from 7500 to 8000 feet, that they " are in a grove of 

 several hundreds, all within a few hundred yards of each other, 

 doubtfully indigenous ; but cypress is common all about here. The 

 whole of them are most magnificent. I measured many more than 

 these. Trees of from 18 to 20 feet abound, and I therefore do not 

 put them down. All these are quite sound ; most of them single 

 trunks to the top. No. 1 divides into two great trunks, from 20 to 30 

 feet from the ground, and is a wonderful tree ; No. 2 divides into two 

 great trunks, near the base ; No. 3 is a single trunk. No. 1 is close 



