In the broad 



avenue. 





Height. 



1. Beech 



102 feet. 



2. Beech 



110 



3. Beech 





4. Ash 





90 Report of the Meetings for 1894. 



(L.), Pedicularis palustris (L.), Mentha aquatica (L.), Galeopsis 

 versicolor (Curt.), aud Elodea Canadensis (Michx) or water 

 thyme. 



The grand trees of tlie long sweeping avenues and policies 

 were specially admired. The forester has given the following 

 measurements of some of them. 



Girth. 

 10 feet. 

 11-8 



10"4, at 30 feet np (clean bole.) 

 13-8 (clean bole for 25 feet.) 

 Silver Fir, above Garden, 109 feet (12 feet blown off by gale 



of 18th November 1893) 107 feet. 



Silver Fir, west from cottage on the Policy, 103 feet, 12 feet. 



Rustic Beech at West Lodge, 13-2 at 5 feet, 17-9 at 1 foot. 



Contains 360 cubic feet of w^ood, and spread of branches 



100 feet in diameter. 



Larch, above Mansion, 93 feet, lO'l feet, and is approaching 



nearly 200 years. 

 A very valuable Oak, E. end of court, is 84 feet high, with a 

 clean bole of 47 feet, and 11 feet in girth at 5 feet, 

 and 8 feet at 4 feet. 

 Amongst the Conifers were 



Picea Nordmanniana, 39 feet high, and 70 feet circumference 

 of branches. 

 Other varieties were 



Abies Webbiana and Pattoniatia ; Cryptomannia Hiccroyiana. 

 An old Acacia, a finely spreading Sycamore Plane in the 

 policy, and some very old Yews were pointed out. 



From the outside we also saw The Clock on the older 

 building, to the east of the Mansion, and which is older 

 than the date 1841 upon its dial. There is a brass plate 

 in the inside, which bears that it was ''Erected by Thomas 

 Kirkwood, Blacksmith, Redpath 1735. George Baillie, Esq." 

 The Sun dial to the west of the mansion is complete and 

 beautifully finished. It was made of copper, by "Thomas 

 Wright, Instrument Maker to His Majesty George II." The 

 Baillie Arms are engraven u[ion it. The latitude is said to 

 be 50* 50'. There is no further date upon it. 



As on the previous occasion, the dinner was held in the 

 granary of Mr Gibson's Hotel. After the usual toasts, the fol- 

 lowing were nominated for election; — Surgeon Major-General 



