STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IX THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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General Eemarks. — Most kinds of hardy Conifers do well on our warm red 

 loam, resting on an open gravelly subsoil overlying red sandstone. The ages given 

 of the older specimens are only approximate, but as near as can be found" out. 

 The Araucaria bore about 120 cones this season, containing seeds which have 

 ripened and, we hope, will produce young trees. 



FIFESHIEE. 

 Fordell. Hon. H. H. Duncan. 

 Altitude, 200 feet. Soil, a free loam ; subsoil, open till, 

 Corresjjondent : Mr. George Ramsay, The Gardens, Fordell, Inverkeithing. 



Botanical Name 



Abies Albertiana 



„ cephalonica 



„ concolor 



,, ,, Lowiana 

 „ Douglasii 



„ grandis 



,, Menziesii 



„ nobilis 



„ Nordmanniana... 

 Araucaria imbricata . . . 



Cedrus atlantica 



,, Deodara 



Cryptomeria japonica. . , 

 Cupressus Lawsoniana 



Libocedrus decurrens... 

 Pinus austriaca 



„ Cembra 



„ excelsa 



,, Jeffrey! 



„ Laricio 



„ ponderosa 



Taxodium sempervirens 



Thuya gigantea 



Thuyopsis borealis 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



Age 



Years 

 35 

 35 

 10 

 35 

 35 



30 

 35 

 20 

 35 

 45 



35 

 35 



30 

 30 



35 

 35 

 35 

 35 



35 

 15 

 35 

 35 

 35 

 35 

 35 



"S) Girth at 

 ^ 5 ft. up 



Feet 

 50 

 50 

 12 

 55 

 60 



40 

 45 

 30 

 40 

 40 



45 

 35 



40 

 36 



25 

 40 

 35 

 40 



oO 

 25 

 48 

 45 

 45 

 30 

 55 



Ft. In. 



4 

 4 

 1 

 4 

 5 



3 

 3 

 2 

 3 



3 6 



3 6 

 2 6 



1 9 



2 6 



3 0 

 3 0 



2 4 



3 0 



3 6 

 2 0 



Feet 

 33 

 24 

 8 

 30 

 28 



18 

 23 

 18 

 26 

 20 



28 

 20 



20 

 12 



18 

 12 



20 



15 

 12 

 15 

 22 

 12 

 9 

 18 



Remarks 



Luxuriant ; very fine tree. 

 Vigorous tree. 

 Very healthy & promising. 

 Very handsome tree. 

 Planted extensively; doing 



well. 

 Thriving well. 

 Fine specimen. 

 Fine thriving specimens. 

 Hundreds thriving well. 

 Many well furnished trees. 

 C Many fine trees ; two 

 s acres, planted 25 years, 

 L doing well. 

 Fine healthy tree. 

 Planted extensively ; 



growing remarkably well. 

 Fine specimen. 

 Doing fairly well. 

 Very fine specimens. 

 Fine when young, does 



not stand the wind. 

 Doing fairly well. 

 Doing very well. 

 Doing fairly well. 

 Very fine specimens. 

 Handsome specimens. 

 Many graceful trees. 

 Thriving well ; handsome. 



General PlEMARks. — The Conifers, as a rule, thrive remarkably well here, 

 but scarcely receive the attention they deserve, and many leaders have been 

 damaged or lost by storms, shooting, squirrels, &c. AMes Douglasii , A. Nord- 

 vianniana, A. nodilis, Cedars, Lawson's Cypress, Thuya gigantea, Wellingtonias, 



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