Report of Meetings for 1888. By J. Hardy. 191 



At one foot from the ground. 

 Beech 



Ash 



ft. 



in. 



16 



4 



17 



9 



IS 







24 



6 



By 



J. 



Hardy. 



five 



feet from 



the 







ft. 



in. 







15 



1 







13 



10 







19 



2 







13 



11 







14 



9 







12 



2 



20 11 

 14 9 



The Limes are very old and large, and wide spreading 



Mr Scott says 

 in the branches." 



Sir William Scott superintended part of the measurements, and took 

 them to some Beech trees that would otherwise have been unseen. He 

 believes some of the trees (Limes, etc.) were planted by the Monks prior to 

 the Keformation. 



The party then hastened on to Monteviot, where the object of 

 the visit was to inspect the Museum of the Marquess of Lothian. 

 Owing to repairs on this portion of the mansion house, the 

 contents were for the present in a confused state. Special 

 attention was paid to those extracted from the Roman station at 

 Cappuck, which included several broken Amphone, fragments of 

 Samian ware, and a commoner brown ware, a Roman mortarium 

 of trachyte, a Roman iron-spear head with rivet-holes, stone 

 whorls, and the inscribed stone with the legend of the sixth 

 legion, which, Dr. Bruce in a letter said was similar to one found 

 on Antonine's wall. He read it "LEG. VI. V.V. FECIT." 

 Here were noticed also an iron battle-axe, not Roman; a 

 mediaeval helmet ; a " Raggling Machine" for cleaning lint ; a 

 British "Urn from Ancrum ; and another from the Dunion. 



There are some fine trees on the Monteviot estate, of which 

 Mr Caverhill, the Marquess's Commissioner, has favoured me 

 with the measurements. 



Measurement ok some of the Old Trees on Monteviot Estate, 1889. 



At one foot from At five feet from 



the ground. the ground. Where growing. 



ft. in. ft. in. 



Silver Fir - 10 3 7 8 Timpendean Castle. 



- 17 10 6* 



- 15 1 10 11 



* These two Beech trees were also lying blown down. Jn fact all 

 these trees are going back, and nearly all have lost limbs and show signs 

 of decay. 



