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stated that it was 5 feet and 1 inch in circumference, but omitted to mention at what 
height from the ground this measurement was taken. In 1801 the dimensions of 
these trees, as well as of other kinds planted at the same period, were taken; the 
observations were repeated in 1820, and I am now enabled to add the present size 
of those which had been before noticed, as well as some others of different kinds but 
of the same age, which were not before attended to. The circumference of the 
trunks is taken in all cases at three feet above the ground, and it will be seen by 
comparing the different measures how much the cedars have exceeded all the other 
trees :— 
1801, 1820. 1825. 
Ft. In. Ft. In. Ft. In. 
First cedar . ; ‘ ' IO O 13. If 14 Oo 
Second cedar ‘ : : 8 6 Io ot EE: of 
Third cedar : : : 7 10 9 «69f 10 68 
Sweet chestnut . : ; 10 =I i: I2 Oo 
Beech : : ; ’ 9 4 Oo 11 10 3 
Sycamore . : ‘ : 8 II 9 «7 9g Ir” 
I visited Hopetoun, the seat of the Marquess of Linlithgow, in April 1904, and 
found that two of these cedars still survive in good condition, the larger being about 
80 feet high and 23 feet 8 inches in girth, the other about 88 feet by 13 feet. 
There is a fine cedar at Biel, East Lothian, the seat of Mrs. N. Hamilton 
Ogilvy, which is said to have been planted in 1707 by Lord Belhaven, to com- 
memorate the Union of England and Scotland. According to Mr. S. Ross’ it was, 
in 1883, 75 feet high by 174 feet in girth; but I am informed by Mr. T. Muir 
that it is now 85 feet high by 19 feet 9 inches at 1} feet from the ground, with a 
spread of ror feet. 
At Moncreiffe House near Perth, the seat of Sir R. Moncreiffe, there is a 
well-shaped tree, which Hunter*® mentioned as bearing many cones and measuring 
66 feet by 11 feet. In 1907, when I saw it, it was about 80 feet by 144 feet at 
3 feet from the ground. At Dupplin Castle, the seat of the Earl of Kinnoull, there 
are two cedars of which the best shaped measures 86 feet by 16 feet 10 inches, and 
the other is 18 feet 8 inches in girth at 3 feet. At Murthly there are two good 
trees, which, though probably not much over seventy years old, measure 74 feet by 
9 feet 3 inches and 70 feet by 10 feet 6 inches respectively. 
The best I have heard of in the west of Scotland are one at Mount Stuart in 
Bute, which Mr. Renwick tells me is 64 feet by 8 feet 3 inches, and another at 
Erskine House, near Renfrew, which is 62 feet by 1o feet at 14 feet from the ground. 
In the N.E. of Scotland it also grows well; there are two very fine trees at 
Beaufort Castle. According to the measurements given me by Mr. G. Brown the 
largest of these is 73 feet by 22 feet 8 inches at 3 feet from the ground, dividing 
at five feet into four large stems, which measure from 9 to 11 feet in girth, The 
other is the same height and 16 feet in girth, At Brahan Castle there are also 
some fine cedars. 
1 Woods and Forests, Dec. 26, 1883, p. 59- 2 Woods, Forests, and Estates of Perthshire, p. 135 (1883). 
