57$ *^5T Of itMAKiv^.BLE TREES. (_App. II. 



SCOTS FIE. 



J. IN. 



There is In Gordon Castle an uncommonly 

 large square board of Scots fir, made from a tree 

 which grew in Glenmore wood. The board 

 measures five feet six inches square. It was pre- 

 sented to the Duke of Gordon by the Company 

 who bought that wood from his Grace. 



A Scots fir, at Inverary, measures in circum- 

 ference (25) - 100 



A Scots fir at Castle- Huntly, in Perthshire, 

 was measured in 1 796, arid the circumference, 

 at three feet from the surface of the ground, was 13 6 



The same tree, measured close by the surface 

 of the ground, was in circumference 19 



THE SYCAMORE. 



A sycamore at Nisbet, in Berwickshire, stand- 

 ing on the lawn behind the house, and from 60 

 to 70 feet in height, was measured in September 

 1795, and the girth found to be 123 



A sycamore at Castle- Campbell, near Dollar, 

 growing at the back of the Castle, measured, in 

 March 1812, at breast high, in girth 12 



There are other two sycamores on the same 

 extremely exposed spot, but smaller than the one 

 measured. These trees are remarkable for hav- 

 ing lived many centuries, and until their neigh- 

 bours, three ash trees of very considerable size,. 

 have died ; the sycamores are still vigorous. 



25) Argyleshire Report, p. 146. 



