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univerfally, and found to grow to perfe&ion (as 

 far as can yet be feen) on hill, dale and moun- 

 tain ; in loam, in clay, in gravel ; in peat earth, 

 in moor earth, among rocks and ftones ; in fhort, 

 every where, except in ftanding water. At Dun- 

 keld, Blair, Monzie and Gartmore, inPerthfhire ; 

 atAlva, in Stirlingfliire ; at Panmure and Brechiii 

 Caftle, in Forfarfhire ; and in the wood at Cul- 

 loden, * Invernefs-fhire ; are to be found the 

 largeft and fineft larches in all the ifland. f 



Of late years, the planters in this country were 

 very much alarmed by the appearance of an in- 

 fect (Coccus larixea) upon the larch, which threat- 

 ened to be of ferious detriment to the trees, and 

 certainly very much retarded the progrefs of the 

 young plantations. This infeft is not new, either 



to 



* At Culloden there is, or lately was, a solitary larch, of 

 a very fine stem, and great height. It stands, or stood, in a 

 hollow by the side of a small rill, in a fir-plantation above ihe 

 house, and in the west end of the moor on which the battle 

 of 1746 was fought. This fir plantation was about 10 feet 

 high at the time of the battle, according to the information 

 given to us by a man who fought in the Prince's army ; 

 of course, it must be about 75^ years old ; but the larch is 

 supposed to have been planted some time after the battle, 

 and does not appear to be much above 60 years old. 



f The boasted larches at Stow in Buckinghamshire, at 

 Hagley, and at Enville in Shropshire, bear no comparison 

 with those at Dunkeld, Blair and Monzie, in North Bri 

 tain, 



