STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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FOEFAESHIEE. 

 Glamis Castle. Earl of Strathmore. 

 Altitude, 150 feet. Soil, a medium loam ; subsoil, clay and gravel. 

 Correspondent : Mr. James Whitton, The Gardens, Glamis Castle, Forfar. 





1 



Age 



1 



Girth af 

 5 It. up 



"y 



3 5 

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i 











Feet 



Ft. 



In. 



Feet 











^9 



3 



9 



26 



F, 



Xli. 



XT 1 + 





ou 



Oi7 



4 



2 



16 





P iiiG spccirnGn. 





97 



17 



< 



4 



0 



23 





Dgiisg, finG spGciiHGii, 



crv^ n rl 1 c; 



27 



41 



4 



0 



23 



" 



T^pj^ nf/i "Fnl qtippt ti~i p v> 





•JO 



97 



3 



3 



][]^ 





Xl<rllILioUl-LLt; titJc, 





.)U 



44- 



4 



9 



26 





^ iiiG spGcimcn. 







4.7 



4 



10 



9^, 





Fine glaucous variety. 



J) ±^ UlLlLUctilXlIclLlci ... 





25 



2 



7 



15 



s. 



l"^P"ncp ncilMi" • "fi n p "fTPP 



cvc\ PTi fn lid 



■ BO 



38 



4 



G 



20 



" 



PT ^^ "n rl c: mt"! p 1"ypp 



J- i Cl/li-vloVJXXi C ul cc 



AiRuco^rici imbric^tSj ... 





oU 



3 



6 



91 





1 iiiG spGcimGii. 





30 



40 



3 



0 



16 









HO 



19 



2 



0 



11 



E. 



Not thriving. 



Ll L/X Coo Lto J-id VV OVJIIlcHIfX 



80 



30 



4 



0 



1 2 



8 E 



TTiiip Vipnlfliv c:"nppiTnp"n 



Libocedrus decurrens... 



30 



20 



2 



4 



6 



S. 



A nice specimen. 





30 



24 



3 



0 



16 





Dense bushy tree. 





30 



31 



2 



6 



8 





A fairly good tree. 



,, ponderosa 



30 



28 



3 



2 



10 



w. 



„ pyrenaica 



30 



32 



3 



0 



18 



s. 



A fine tree. 



Thuya gigantea 



30 



42 



3 



2 



14 



w. 



Very handsome tree. 



Thuyopsis borealis 



30 



27 



2 



0 



13 



S.AV. 



Beautiful specimen. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



30 



27 



3 



3 



12 



W. 



Moderate specimen. 



General Remarks. — The ages given above are calculated from the year the 

 plants were raised from seed. They have all been planted out here since the year 

 1865, or within the past twenty- six j'-ears. The greater portion of them were 

 planted between 1868 and 1870, and I assisted at planting the Alies Douglasii 

 and A. graiidis in 1871. In regard to the growth and characteristics of the best 

 of the Conifers here, I may state that Abies Bovglas'ii is the one which has been 

 planted in the greatest quantit)% and which does remarkably well. Whether it 

 is the superior strain of Douglas Fir that has been used, or the soil in which they 

 grow, I cannot tell ; but they have a more compact and neater habit altogether 

 than we are accustomed to see in most other places. It is quite likely the soil 

 has something to do with it ; a free loam, resting on a cool open subsoil. I mea- 

 sured many trees of it higher and thicker than the one of which the details are 

 given, but I consider it the best furnished specimen. A. grandis also thrives 

 exceedingly well, and there are many trees of about the same size as the one 

 noted. A. Albertlana is another of the successful Conifers here, of which there 

 are many nice trees. A. nohllis is a favourite tree here, and numerously planted ; 

 but the leader grows so strong and is so brittle that it is very often broken, 

 and few of the specimens have escaped injury in this way, or form perfect speci- 

 mens. There are some very nice specimens of A. viagnifica, a very handsome 

 Conifer when it is perfect, but its vigorous leader suffers in the same way as its 

 congener A. nohilis. Among the hardiest and strongest growers is A. Menziesii, 

 which does very well indeed, and nothing seems to affect it. It is not so, how- 

 ever, with that handsome Fir, A. Nordmanniana, which within the past few 

 years has been so severely attacked by the Silver Fir Bug that it is fast 



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