LIST OF REMARKABLE TUEES. 569 



F. IN, 



A beech, near the castle of Kelly, in the 

 county of Fife, was measured in 1793 ; its stem 

 was 30 feet in height, and the circumference 

 (21) - 16 



The large beech at Newbottle Abbey, stand- 

 ing on the lawn behind the house, was measured 

 in July 1789, and the circumference ascertained 

 to be 17 



The large beech at Ormiston-hall, in East- 

 Lothian, measured, in May 1762, in circumfe- 

 rence - 18 10 



A beech near the house of Oxenford, in Mid- 

 Lothian, was measured in June 1763, and, at 

 three feet high, the circumference was (22) 19 6 



THE SILVER FIR. 



A silver fir, at the house of Polkemmet, in 

 West Lothian, measured, in October 1799, in 

 circumference - 10 



The above tree was planted in 1705 (23). 



A silver fir, in the old garden at Woodhouse- 

 lee, in Mid Lothian, measured, in March 1793, 

 (24) 11 1 



A silver fir, at Drumlanrig, in Nithsdale, 

 measured, in April 1773 - - 120 



SCOTS 



21) Statistical Account, vol. XIII. p. 5, 



22) Walker's Essays, p. 21. 



23) Idem, p. 36. 



24) Idem, p. 36, 





