. 77. ] LIST OF REMARKABLE TREES. 565 



F. IN- 



The largest oak which we have noticed in Scot- 

 land is in the old oak wood on the north side of 

 Loch Arkeg, in Lochaber. When measured, 

 & was found to be in girth, at four feet above the 

 ground (5) 24 



In a moss in the parish of Auchterderran in 

 Fifeshire, the remains of an oak which has its 

 root several feet above the bottom of the moss, 

 measures in diameter at the root 6 



THE LARCH. 



This is but a newly introduced tree ; none of 

 fhem are above 60 years old ; the oldest are to 

 ;be found at Dunkeld. The finest of these is 100 

 feet high, and in circumference at the ground 10 



In Monzie garden there are four larch trees, 

 said to be the largest in the island. They arc 

 not yet 60 years old ; yet the largest one is 80 

 feet high, and its girth at the ground is 16 



Other two are about ihe same height, but the 

 circumference of the one at the ground is 15 



The other is 90 



And the last is 90 feet high, and at the ground 

 ie in girth only (6) 80 



THE ASH. 



An ash at Lord Morton's, near Aberdour, in 

 Fifeshire, measured in March 1812, extended in 

 length of bole 50 feet, and in girth, at four feet 

 Jilgh 10 3 



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5) Walker's Essays, &c. p. 9. 



6) Stat. Acct. VoL XV. p. 254. 



