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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BUTESHIRE. 



Isle of Bute. Marquis op Bute. 

 Altitude, 50 to 120 feet. Soil, gravelly loam and clay ; subsoil, rocky. 

 Correspondent : Mr. JAMES Kay, Forester, Bute Estates, Rothesay. 



Botanical Xame 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. 



In. 



Feet 









31 



61 



4 



11 





S. 



Fine healthy tree. 





34 



80 



6 



4 





Shelt. 



Very fine healthy tree. 







33 



2 









Very fine specimen. 







52 



5 









Vigorous ; beautiful tree. 







46 



3 



5 







Moderate growth. 







54 



2 



Hi 







Vigorous ; a grand tree. 



Araucaria imbricata ... 



31 



34 



3 









Vig.; beautiful specimen. 









7 



5 







Mod. growth ; fine tree. 



Cryptomeria japonica... 





38 



4 



H 







Vigorous ; a very fine tree. 



Cupressus macrocarpa 





57 



5 



H 





5J 



Vigorous ; splendid tree. 







33 



1 



10 







Sickly. 





31 



57 



4 



11 





)> 



Healthy ; very fine tree. 



Taxodium sempervirens 





46 



4 



1 







55 55 







44 



3 



4^ 





55 



55 5 5 







27 



1 



9^ 





55 



Mod. growth; beautif. tree. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 





46 



3 



5 





55 



,, fine tree. 



General Remarks. — The Conifers named are among the best in the Island of 

 Bute. Most of them are growing at Mount Stuart, and a few in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Rothesay. The locality is favourable, and the soil fairly good, so 

 that, when they are sheltered from the blast, most hardy Conifers thrive well in 

 the comparatively mild climate of this island. I have not observed any cones on 

 them this year ; but in most seasons they bear a good number, many of which 

 produce fertile seeds. Abies Alhertiana and A. Bonglasii are very fine trees, in 

 vigorous health, and the Araucaria is a splendid specimen. Cryptomeria japonica 

 and Cupressus macrocarpa, as well as Pinus ins'ignis, Thuya gigantea (T. Zobbii), 

 and TJmyopsis hoi^ealis, thrive well and are making very handsome specimens. 

 The Redwood and Wellingtonia are also very fine trees. 



