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close to the residences, and in places where the tree had not 
space to become full grown, as is often the case at the present 
time in fixing the situation for the Cedrus deodara, or Indian 
cedar, which has been almost as common in Scotland during 
the early part of the present as the larch was in the early 
part of last century. 
It is reasonable to believe that the larches planted in Scot- 
land during the early part of last century were the produce 
of seeds ripened in England, since many of the trees had, in 
that country, yielded seeds at least fifty years before the time 
of their insertion at Dunkeld. Whatever may have been the 
size or age attained by the imported plants cultivated by Mr. 
Lockhart on the banks of the Clyde, it is certain that they 
were of no use to Scotland, in a national point of view; for 
it was not from them that the tree was increased. Here it is 
interesting to observe the more fortunate fate of the seedling 
plants of British growth, introduced by Mr. Menzies, and 
planted in Perthshire. They formed the great source from 
which sprang all the finest larch plantations to be found 
throughout Scotland during the end of the last and early part 
of the present century, pointing at once to the importance of 
acclimatation. A separate article will be found on that sub- 
ject, p. 24. 
From an abstract of a report on the Atholl plantations, I 
find that James Duke of Atholl planted— 
In 1738, . : ‘ : : . 16 larch plants. 
Between 1740 and 1750, . ‘ . 350 35 
Between 1750 and 1759, . ‘ . 1575 4 
Total, , . 1941 
Jobn Duke of Atholl sueceeded Duke James in 1764. He 
planted 11,400 larches. He had great difficulty in obtaining 
plants to a great extent. Although the earliest planted trees 
on the estates had begun to yield cones in his time to a small 
extent, the greatest number of plants that they produced 
yearly did not exceed 1000. 
At the date of the accession of the celebrated planter, Duke 
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