Report of the Great Storm of Wind, October 1881. 361 



ordinary seasons, may be confidently expected to survive for many years 

 to come. J. FERGUSON. 



Duns, 21 Aug., 1882. 



Table. 



Species. 



II 



II 





p=«.9 



< 









Remnrks. 



Scotch Fir 



6871 



1045 



5416 • 



380 



10 feet 



6 feet 







Larch 



2851 



40 



2814 





11 



•9 







Spruce 



2760 



2200 



560 





9 



66 







Silver Fir 



5) 





50 





0'6 



6-9 







Oak 



618 





228 



390 



910 



7 



20 bio 



tvndown oaks raited. 



Lime 



170 





no 



60 12-4 



6 



20 



„ limes „ 



Beech 



4S9 





226 



263 16 



610 



1 



beech „ 



Sycamore 



450 





4U0 



50 11 



4-3 







Elm 



724 





674 



50 



146 



5 



5 



„ elms 



Ash 



1211 





1161 



50 



14 



3-8 



2 



„ ash trees „ 



Spanish Chestnut 



7' 





70 





11 



9 







Birch 



345 





345 





4-8 



3-4 







Alder 



100 





100 





4 



3 







Poplar and Willow 

 Other Hardwoods 



160 





160 





It 



10 



2 



,, poplars ,. 



50 





50 





6 



3-6 



10 



„ mai'les, walnuts 



















and thorns raised. 





16922 



3285 



12394 



J243_ 









Note of trees blown down by Gales of 1883-4. 

 Scotch Fir 975, 70 under 50 years old, others above 50. 



Larch 41, All over 5 J „ 



Spruce 80, „ „ 



Birch and other hardwood 50, „ „ 



Total 1096 



Measurements of the largest Trees at Whitehall near Chirn- 

 side, with damage done by the October Gale, by Charles 



Stuart, M.D. 



Hillside Cottage, Chirnside, 3rd March, 1884. 



My Dear Sir, — I omitted to send you the measures of the Whitehall 

 trees, many of them blown down since, by the great gale of the 14th 

 Oct., 1881. 



13 Hollies, varying in girth from 3 ft. 10 in. to 1ft. 6 in., and the 

 heights varying from 51 ft. to 39 ft., all killed by the great frost of 1879- 

 80-81. 



Oaks blown down. No 1., girth five feet from the ground 8 ft. 7 in., 84 ft. 

 high. No. 2. 8 ft. 10 in. in girth, 78 ft. high. 



English Yews, 42 ft. high, 6 ft. in girth, much damaged by frost on north 

 Bide. 



Spanish Chestnuts. 



Tl 



irth 8 ft. 



9 in. 



61 ft. high 



„ 13 „ 



6 „ 



72 



9 „ 



5 „ 



63 



8 „ 



6 „ 



75 



9 „ 



3 „ 



63 



., 10 „ 



9 „ 



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