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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIEE. 

 Munches. Wellwood H, Maxwell, Esq. 3 



Altitude, 20 to 50 feet. Soil, heavy loam, light loam, and peat ; subsoil, clay, 



gravel and rock. 



Corresjjondent : Wellwood H. Maxwell, Esq., of Munches, Dalbeattie. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



a' ~ 



CJ 2 



1^ 



Exposure 



Eemarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









25 



69 



4 3 



20 



S.E. 



Vigorous. 





25 



54 



4 7 



20 







35 



53 



5 6 



30 



5? 



Healthy. 





.30 



50 



4 7 



25 



55 



Vigorous. 





20 



27 



2 0 



9 



55 



55 





35 



64 



8 2 



30 



)5 



55 





20 



40 



2 9 



16 



55 



55 



,, Nordmanniana ... 



20 



48 



3 6 



15 



55 





Araucaria imbricata ... 



35 



35 



2 5 



14 



55 



Healthy. 





25 



30 



4 1 



13 





Not doing well. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



30 



38 



3 1 



10 



55 



Vigorous. 





25 



40 



4 3 



14 



55 





30 



60 



6 1 



23 



55 



55 





25 



45 



3 0 











30 



59 



3 11 



16 





A^ery fast growing. 





25 



33 



2 2 



20 





Very graceful. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



25 



40 



9 4 



30 





Vigorous. 



General Eemaeks. — The ages are as near the time the trees have been 

 planted as possible, and generally small plants were used. The spread of 

 branches depends greatly on the situation, and whether they are crowded by 

 other trees or not. All that are named above are thriving vigorously, except the 

 Dfeodar, many of which, growing on a dry hillside, are fast failing. Most of 

 the specimens of which the measurements are given grow at an altitude under 

 50 feet above sea-level, and are well sheltered ; but many fine younger trees of 

 most of them are thriving remarkabl}^ well on the hillsides adjoining, at an alti- 

 tude of several hundred feet. The Scots Fir is indigenous, and a number of fine old 

 natural trees of it are grov/ing in the woods and policies. The Araucaria in the 

 list is the only one which survived the severe frost of the winter 1860-61, and has 

 thriven very well since. Taxodium scinperxirens does not succeed here, although 

 some very healthy specimens are growing in the neighbourhood. 



