Lint of Paintint/s at Nishet House. 147 



1795, by the Rev. John Walker, D.D., Professor of Natural 

 History in the University of Edinburgh {Exsays on Natural 

 History and Rural Economy, Edinr. 1808.) The girth was taken 

 at four feet above the ground. An extract is subjoined from 

 this scarce book. 



Acer pseudo-platanus, Lin. The Plane. 



A Plane at Nisbet, in Berwickshire, on the south side of the walk in the 

 shrubbery, leading to the garden. On the 15th of September 1795, it 

 was about 60 feet high, and measured 3 ft. 6 in. (p. 23.) 



A Plane at Nisbet, in Berwickshire. It stands on the lawn behind the 

 house, and is the largest tree about the place. It is between 60 and 70 

 feet high, and measured on the 19th of September 1795 — 12 ft. 3 in. (p.24.) 



This is again repeated in a " List of Scottish Trees of remarkable 

 magnitude as they existed in 1812," given in the Edinburgh Topographical, 

 Traditional, and Antiquarian Magazine, Edinr. 1848. 



POPULUS NIGRA, Lin., var. Pyramidalis. Lombardy Poplar. 



A Lombardy Poplar at Nisbet, in Berwickshire. It grows on the north 

 side of the canal, opposite to the garden, and measured on the 15th of 

 September 1795—6 ft. 1 in. 



This tree was then 26 years old, and was 50 feet high, so that its growth 

 for such a period of time was certainly very great. {Walker's Essays, p.63.) 



Cedar of Lebanon at Cheeklaw, near Duns (see p. 50). 

 Height 52 ft. ; girth at one foot, 12 ft. ; at three feet, 11 ft. 9 in. ; at 

 five feet, 14 ft. This tree branched off into twelve branches, from 5 to 8 

 feet high, two of which were cut off some years ago, making it rather one- 

 sided. Still it is a very fine specimen, with the branches spreading out 

 horizontally to the distance of 37 feet from the trunk towards the south 

 It is in good health. 



List of Pcvmtings at Nishet House, Berwickshire, the seat 

 of Lord Sinclair. 



Nos. 1 and 2. — Mary Agnes and Agnes Chisholme, above the door. Of 

 the family of Chisholme of Stirches, Eoxburghshire. A short note of 

 some of the family of the Barons Sinclair, may help to explain the 

 relationships of certain of the names that are to follow. Charles St. Clair, 

 12th Lord, only surviving son of Andrew, de jure, 11th Lord, and his wife 

 Elizabeth, daughter of John Rutherford, Esq., of Bdgerston, co. Rox., 

 married 13th Feb. 1802, Mary Agnes, only daughter of James Chisholme 

 of Chisholme (now Stirches and Stonedge, co. Rox.) who died 16th July 



