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iiiLi and planting, occupied the long period of years from IMM> to Isl.}. This 

 delay arose greatly i'roni the difficulty of obtaining larch j)lants, and \vhich 

 on!\ permitted them to be- planted to a tliickness of from l.jOO to 1M)0 per 

 acre. I ; rom a different mode of planting being adopted, however, and the 

 ^election of plants of an earlier age (an account of hoth of \\hich will he 

 hereafter given), the cost of fencing ami planting this extensive ranue of 

 ground did not exceed lO.v. in!, per acre. 



" Having now no doubt whatever of the successful growth of the larch in 

 very elevated situations, the duke still farther pursued his object of covering 

 '/// his mountainous regions with that valuable wood. Accordingly, a space to 

 the northward of the one last described, containing -^J.jf) Scotch acres, was 

 immediately enclosed, and planted entirely with larch. This tract, hing 

 generally above the region of broom, fur/e, juniper, and IOIIL' heath, required 

 no artificial clearing. An improved mode of planting was emploved here, 

 that of using young plants only, two or three years' seedlings, put into the 

 ground by means of an instrument invented by the duke, instead of the 

 common spade. This change of arrangement facilitated the operation, and, 

 at the same time, greatly increased the supply of the plants, so as to enable 

 the whole ground to be planted in three years, from the 4th of December, 

 Islj, to the ;?d of December, IS is. The increased number of plants per 

 acre, and the high price of the plants, enhanced the cost to l(i.v. Sr/. per 

 acre, for enclosing and planting this forest of Loch Ordie, so named from a 

 beautiful sheet of water in it, of 100 acres in extent. 



" lu ls->|, the growth of the larch in Loch Ordie Forest having greatly 

 exceeded the sanguine hopes and expectations of the duke, he determined on 

 a.iding to it an extensive adjoining tract, consisting of ^.'H Scotch acres, 

 denominated Loch Iloishnie. The preparations of fencing, clearing (where 

 that was necessary), making roads, and procuring, plants from different nur- 

 serymen, occupied the time till October, [S^/i, when the' planting commenced, 

 iiui \\as carried on in Mich good earnest, that the whole was finished b\ 

 December, lb^(>. The fencing anil planting cost I.JA. per acre. There was 

 no plantation which His (Jrace had executed that ga\e him so much satis- 

 'action in the work, as that of the Forest of Loch Iloishnie. 



" The planting of this forest appears to have terminated the labours of this 

 hike in planting; and the following table will show at a glance the extent 

 of' the larch plantations executed bv the different noble dukes, and which 

 \ill form a summary of what has been stated above 1 : 



omit of larch plants, mixed or unmixed \\ith other 

 to the enormous number of I I ,< >!>,"< ' ' plants; mid, 

 , per acre for the amount that was mixed with other 

 >u!d occnp\ a space, if planted alone of larch, of .Vi.'i 

 le extent of Around occupied b\ larch amount-, to 

 1 1 1..')-.- 1 ! acre-, imperial. 



kinds, 



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kinds 



acres, 



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