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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



and others were planted in the young -u-oods of Scots" Fir about 18 years ago, 

 and, with the shelter afforded by the Firs, they have grown vigorously and form 

 fine trees. Within the past few years many thousands have been planted out 

 from the home nursery, and are already growing fast and promising to do as well 

 as the older trees. 



KiLMARox Castle. Edward A. Baxter, Esq. 

 Altitude, 250 feet. Soil, heavy loam ; subsoil, rocky. 

 Correspondent : Mr, William Brow, The Gardens, Kilmaron, Cupar. 



Botanical Xame 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



[Remarks 





Years 



Teet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 







Abies Albertiana 



26 



45 



3 



9 



25 



S. 



Handsome tree. 



„ concolor 



26 



42 



4 



5 



21 





J? >> 



,, Douglasii 



26 



63 



6 



0 



31 





Growing vigorously, fine. 



„ grandis 



24 



45 



4 



4 



32 





!> >» 



nobilis 



25 



46 



3 



2 



21 





!> >> 



,, Nordmanniana... 



24 



45 



2 



7^ 



12 



18 





>■> J> 



Araucaria imbricata . . . 



22 



32 



3 



5 



21 





Very fine specimen. 





33 



37 



5 



4 



33 







Cupressus Lawsoniana 



26 



33 



3 



6 



11 







Libccedrus decurrens... 



23 



23 



3 



6 



7 





Fine specimen. 



Pinus austriaca 



25 



34 



3 



11 



24 





,, Cembra 



24 



28 



2 



1 



6 







„ excelsa 



33 



42 



4 



6 



27 







., Jeffreyi 



26 



40 



3 



9 



16 





Vigorous. 



„ ponderosa 



26 



40 



4 



4 



21 







Tasodium sempervirens 



26 



45 



5 



9 



27 





■r Very fine tree. 



Thuya gigantea 



23 



23 



3 



6 



7 



„ Fine specimen. 



Thuyopsis borealis 



26 



27 







12 



„ Fine feathery specimen. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



26 



51 



7 



4 





„ Very fine tree. 



General REiiARKS. — The Conifers here are growing on a southern slope, well 

 sheltered from the north and west. They have all been planted by myself, and 

 generally speaking are healthy and thriving-, particularly those noted in the above 

 list, 



