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Measurements of some of the largest Trees at Nisbet House, 

 Benuickshire. By Peter Loney, Marchmont. 





Height 



Diameter 



Diameter 



Diameter 



Name of Tree. 



in Feet. 



at 1 Foot. 



at 3 Feet. 



at 6 Feet. 





FEET. 



FEET. 



FEET. 



FEET. 



1. Beech 



80 



m 



IH 



11 



2. do. 



90 



13 



10 



9* 



3. do. 



95 



13i 



11 



10 



4. Ash 



94 



14i 



m 



lU 



5. Silver Fir - 



100 



lU 



11 



10 



6. Sycamore - 



80 



15| 



12i 



12 ^ 



7. do. 



90 



Hi 



12i 



12 



8. Copper Beech 



60 



m 



lU 



11* 



9. do. 



56 



10 



H 



9 



10. Sycamore 



90 



17 



14i 



14 



11. do. 



95 



14 



11* 



10 



12. do. 



98 



20 



16* 



15 



13. Ash 



100 



18^ 



16 



16 



REMARKS. 



1. A clean straight stem to the height of 50 feet. 



2. do. do. do. 



3. do. do. do. 



4. A clean stem to the height of 45 feet. 



5. A very good specimen, and well grown. 



6. At 8 feet this tree is much branched. 



7. A very fine straight stemmed tree. 



8. A very fine tree with two limbs — branched. 



9. A fine tree. I believe these to be the largest trees of the kind in the 



county. I never saw finer. 



10. A good straight stem. 



11. A fine tree, branching into two limbs at 20 feet. 



12. A fine Park tree of three limbs at 12 feet high. 



13. A very fine Park tree branching into two limbs at 6 feet high. 



The Sycamores are very fine old trees, but they are showing symptoms 

 of decay. They cannot be leas than 300 years old, from their appearance. 

 There are several other fine old trees in the Park near the mansion, but 

 these are a few of the largest. 



Mr Loney's measurements at West Nisbet had been made 

 before it was recollected that there was a previous record 

 of the dimensions of several remarkable trees there of date 



