STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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about a dozen cones this season. Its dimensions are : 34 feet 6 inches high ; 

 6 feet 11 inches in girth of stem at 5 feet up ; and 8 feet in girth at 1 foot from 

 the ground ; diameter of spread of branches, 40 feet, and well furnished from the 

 ground to the top. It is growing at an altitude of about 40 feet ; in a light loamy- 

 soil, on an open subsoil ; exposed to the south-east, but sheltered in other direc- 

 tions ; and is about 60 years of age. A fine specimen of Thuya gigantea also grows 

 at Duart in a similar soil, at an altitude of about 20 feet, and in a western 

 exposure. It is 30 years old ; 46 feet high ; girths 5 feet 4 inches at 5 feet up ; 

 and has a spread of branches 29 feet in diameter. Many other Conifers are 

 thriving well at Duart besides these, and the best specimens of Cryptomeria 

 japonica and Pinus excelm in the island are among them. 



BANFFSHIRE. 

 CuLLBN House. Dowager Countess of Seafield. 



Altitude, from 50 to 250 feet. Soil, from light to heavy loam ; subsoil, gravel 



and clay. 



Correspondent : Mr. C. Y. Michie, Forester's Lodge, Cullen. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









30 



20 



3 



0 



13 



Shltd. 



Healthy ; confined, N.side. 





30 



43 



3 



9 



20 



>> 



Vig. ; lost top by frost 

















when young. 





30 



60 



6 



0 



28 



>» 



Yig. ; leader aver. 2f t.yrly. 





30 



24 



3 



0 



18 



>» 



Slow grower ; top frosted. 





30 



33 



3 



2 



9 





Sickly ; soil unsuitable. 





40 



65 



8 



6 



40 



>> 



Vig. ; branches super- 

















abundant. 





40 



55 



6 



4 



25 



)> 



Vig.; branches deficient. 



Nordmanniana ... 



40 



65 



5 



3 



42 



>i 



„ beautif . symmetrical. 





50 



43 



3 



4 



18 



)> 



Healthy ; a few branches 

















failing. 





35 



39 



4 



1 



27 



u 



Vigorous ; beautiful ; bear- 

















ing cones. 





40 



40 



4 



0 



18 





Very healthy ; well sheltrd. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana... 



35 



30 



3 



6 



15 



>» 



Vigorous ; many branches 















at base. 





34 



28 



2 



6 



14 



Exp.N. 



HI thy. ; cones occasionally. 





33 



32 



3 



6 



18 



Sheltd. 



Vig. ; well branched. 





35 



34 



3 



6 



24 





Hlthy.; branchs. rambling. 





40 



47 



6 



2 



34 



>> 



Vig. ; liable to pine beetle. 





25 



19 



1 



7 



10 



11 



Stunted ; attenuated form. 





15 



22 



1 



10 



14 





Vigorous ; fine feathery 

















appearance. 



Wellingtonia gigantea . . . 



35 



67 



4 



10 



17 



l> 



Hlthy ; deficient of bmchs. 



General Remarks. — The above specimens are generally doing well and 

 making good growth. There are very few cones on any of the trees this season, 

 although last year they were in great abundance on many of them. 



