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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ARGYLLSHIRE. 



Invbraey Castle. Duke of Argyll. 



Altitude, 15 to 70 feet. Soil, deep loam, and light loam ; subsoil, gravelly and rocky. 

 Correspondent : Mr. George Taylor, The Castle Gardens, Tnverary. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Fept 



Ft. 



In. 



Feet 









30 



50 



3 



10 



24 



s. 



V t/l^ Vi^UlUUO. 





16 



20 



1 



3 



9 







Douglasii 



45 



60 



6 



3 



40 





Grows fast in shelter. 



grandis 



27 



45 



7 



1 



37 





Growing freely j exposed. 





7 



7 











Promising well. 



Menziesii 



35 



55 



5 



11 



33 





Grows very strongly. 





33 



46 



4 



3 



23 



AV. 



Doing well. 



„ Nordmanniana ... 



26 



34 



2 



9 



10 



S. 



Generally grows slow]3\ 



Araucaria imbricata 



35 



35 



4 



3 



18 



s.w. 



Fine specimen. 





30 



34 



3 



7 



23 



w. 



Growing freely. 





39 



37 



5 



2 



27 





Slow growing; exposed. 



Cryptomeria japonica ... 



33 



25 



4 





23 



s. 



Healthy ; not grwng. fast. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana . . . 



34 



49 



4 



9 



18 



S.E. 



Making fine growth. 



„ macrocarpa . . . 



30 



35 



4 



1 



18 



' s. 



Healthy ; growing well. 





18 



18 



1 



6 



8 





Slow growing. 





40 



45 



2 



4 





w. 



Kough, straggling tree. 





16 



26 



2 



2 



15 



S.E. 



Vigorous, fine tree. 



Taxodium sempervirens 



35 



39 



6 



3 



30 



S. 



Often loses its leader. 





24 



25 



3 



3 



20 



S.W. 



Very exposed. 





27 



29 



2 



6 



15 



S. 



A very beautiful tree. 



Wellingtonia gigantea . . . 



28 



51 



5 



1 



21 



S.E. 



Vigorous ; handsome tree. 



General Eemarks. — Most of the specimens of which details are given 

 above are growing in the grounds here, in a deep friable loam, in which they 

 thrive well, at a comparatively low altitude on the western shore of Loch Fyne. 

 Nearly all the Spruces and Firs grow with vigour, especially when sheltered ; as 

 do also the Cypresses, Arborvitees, and the Wellingtonia. The Araucaria thrives 

 well, and so does the Kedwood ; only the latter is apt to lose its leading shoot 

 from wind, frost, or other causes. Pines do not grow well in most situations 

 here — Pimis monticola beiug about the best of the newer ones ; they generally 

 present a bare scrubby appearance. Tlmya gigantea and Thvyopsis lorealis grow 

 fast in shelter, and form beautiful trees. Cvpressus La?vsoniana and C. macro- 

 carpa thrive well and make fine specimens. The Ahics grandis in the list has 

 several times lost its leader ; and Taxodium semjjerrlrcns suffers from the same 

 cause whenever it is exposed to high wind. 



