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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



for this district. P. austriaca grows slowly, is very coarse, and is not suitable 

 for a timber tree ; P. Laricio is in the same category, stunted in growth, and not 

 ornamental here. Ciqnrssus Larvsoniana has been planted in considerable num- 

 bers, and thrives well, but is not promising to make a useful timber tree ; the 

 finest specimens have only reached a height of 20 ft. in thirty years, forming 

 beautiful, healthy, and well-furnished large bushes or small trees. Wellingtonia 

 gigantea grows fairly well, but suffers much from the severity of the winter. 



Haddo Estate. Earl of Aberdeen. 



Altitude, 190 feet. Soil, light loam ; subsoil, open sand and gravel. 

 Correspondent : Mr. John Clark, Forester, Haddo, Aberdeen. 































Botanical Name 



Age 





G-irtli at 



li 



o 



Remarks 





M 



5 ft. up 





p. 



















Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









17 



10 





6 



Open 



Healthy. 







23 





8 



Vigorous. 





>> 



17 





10 





Healthy and thriving. 





>> 



24 





13 





Very vigorous. 





>» 



25 





8 





11 





>, 



26 





12 





i> 





>> 



20 





9 









>> 



17 





7 





Healthy. 



j> 



24 





13 





Very vigorous. 





5J 



20 





10 









>J 



21 





10 





»» 





J> 



15 





9 





Healthy and thriving. 





J» 



21 





8 





Vigorous. 





II 



17 





5 





II 





IJ 



25 





9 





11 





II 



21 





10 









?} 



11 





6 





Very healthy. 



General Eemarks. — The above trees were planted as ordinary plantation 

 trees in 1874, all under similar conditions, and they are in general thriving well 

 and growing vigorously. 



