STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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Drumlanrig. Duke of Buccleuch. 



Altitude, 200 to 700 feet. Soil, medium loam ; subsoil, clay, gravel, and 



whinstone. 



Correspondent: Mr. John Fingland, Forester, Drumlanrig, Thornhill. 



Botanical Name 



Age 

 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Dianaeter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 





■ - 





21 



81 



2 10 





Q 



o. 



Vigorous growth. 





17 



32 



3 0 



12 



Xtl. 





21 



43 



4 6 



20 



S.E. 



>» >» 





26 





6 0 



A I 



XT TT 

 JN .-111. 



»» »» 



„ „ taxifolia 



24 



43 



5 4 



.S5 



E. 



t» >» 





20 



49 



4 9 



25 



S.W. 







18 



38 



2 10 



18 



N.E. 







22 



49 



7 8 



38 









17 



42 



3 4 



18 



E. 





„ Nordmanniana ... 



26 



51 



4 2 



23 



S.E. 







24 



18 



3 0 



22 





Not thriving. 



Araucaria imbricata ... 



36 



47 



4 9 



24 



KE. 



Growing vigorously. 





30 



28 



3 0 



19 



S.E. 



Moderate growth. 





30 



26 



3 6 



12 



NE. 



Vigorous „ 





40 



47 



4 0 



28 



S.E. 



Moderate „ 



Cryptomeria japonica 



30 



27 



3 10 



18 





Vigorous „ 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



26 



29 



3 9 



12 



n!e. 



Moderate „ 





40 



34 



4 6 



22 



E. 



Not thriving ; sickly. 





18 



28 



2 4 



13 



s. 



Vigorous. 





20 



23 



2 0 



11 



N.E. 



Not thriving; sickly. 





30 



44 



3 2 



18 



E. 



Moderate growth. 





24 



24 



2 10 



18 



S.E. 



Not thriving. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



26 



47 



7 0 



23 



N.E. 



Very vigorous. 



General Eemarks. — Of the trees of which the details are given, Ahies 

 amadilis, A. Bouglasii, A. B. taxifolia, A. Menziesii, A. nobilis, A. PinsajJO, 

 Araucaria imbricata, Cedrus atlantica, Cryptomeria japonica, Pinus austriaca, 

 P. Cembra, P. Zaricio, P. Pumilio, and Wellingtonia' gigantea are all growing at 

 an altitude between 650 and 700 feet; and except Abies Pinsapo, Pinus austriaca, 

 P. Zaricio, and P. Pumilio, they are all growing vigorously. Abies Albertiana, 

 A. concolor, and A. grandis are also thriving vigorously between 300 and 500 feet 

 of altitude. A considerable number of those which have been found to thrive 

 well have been planted on this estate. 



