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COLONSAY 



The average annual rate of growth of all the plantations 

 from the time of planting has not exceeded 6 inches. Trees 

 of Cupressus macrocarpa and Acer pseudoplatanus in good 

 soil and in an exceptionally well - sheltered situation at 

 Kiloran grew at the rate of 1 foot 10 inches per annum for 

 twenty-five years ; but that is quite an exceptionally fast rate 

 of growth for this island. 



MEASUREMENTS OF SOME OF THE LARGEST TREES IN THE ISLAND. 



The records from Skerryvore Lighthouse show that these 

 islands are more subject to stormy weather than any other 



