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ADDENDA to the LARCH; 



FROM THE OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS ()l HI- 

 GRACE THE DUKE OF ATHOLL. 



The introduction of this most valuable tree 

 into Scotland, at least into the county of 

 Perth, took place in the year 1738 ; when a 

 highland gentleman (Mr. Menzies, of Glen- 

 lyon, Perthshire), brought a few small plants 

 from London, his servant carrying them on 

 horseback on the top of his portmanteau. 



Some of these plants, says his Grace, he 

 left at Monzie, near Crieff, some at Dunkeld, 

 and the remainder he carried home ; where 

 some have been cut, within these few years, 

 of a great size. The four left at Monzie are in 

 full vigour; the largest, nearly twelve feet in 

 circumference, at three feet and a half above 

 the ground. Those left at Dunkeld are also 

 in full vigour. Some were placed in a green- 

 house, but not thriving, were turned out ; one 

 of which is about twelve feet in girth, at three 

 feet and a half above the ground, and is com- 

 puted to contain four loads of solid timber, or 

 two hundred feet. The largest measured, in 

 1819, eighty-nine feet in height. At one foot 



