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breeders ever known in Central Scotland. From her 

 Mr Robertson bred his beautiful Tulips, Cherry s, and 

 Blossoms, which won numerous prizes, and gained 

 high favour in North and South America. In a 

 general way, apart from Ballechin, the descendants 

 of Torenia came to be known by the older family 

 name the Carnations whose foundation dam was 

 Countess by Young Eryholme (1891). Torenia, 

 which was by Mr Donald Fisher's Sir Charles 

 (39,113), had a highly distinguished bull - breeding 

 daughter at Ballechin in Pansy Blossom, a short- 

 legged and singularly handsome dark -red roan by 

 the Lawers-bred Loyalty (49,996). In after years 

 Mr Robertson added a representative of Mr Stephen- 

 son's old Blanche family, so well known later at 

 Towneley Park and Keir. A Rosebud and an Em- 

 meline from Mr Wm. Duthie ; an Orange Blossom 

 from Jackstown ; a Lady Dorothy and a Graceful 

 from the Messrs Law ; a Clipper from Newton ; and 

 a Rachel from Uppermill, were the principal addi- 

 tions during the later history of the herd. 



Famous bulls were used by Mr Robertson. Among 

 these were the light roan Sittyton-bred Dauntless 

 (54,155); the Collynie Mutineer (69,169), a Missie 

 by Scottish Archer (59,893) ; the Uppermill Airy 

 Monarch (65,067) by Sea King (61,769); Newton 

 Stone (75,129) of Mr A. M. Gordon's breeding, and 

 by the champion Corner Stone (68,406), from a Star 

 of Morning (58,189) cow ; the Jackstown Victor Chief 

 (82,532) by Lord Lynedoch (74,900) ; the Barrelwell 

 Marquis (84,061), one of the prettiest bulls of his 



