STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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LANAEKSHIEE. 



DoLPHiNTON. John Ord Mackenzie, Esq. 

 Altitude, 800 to 850 feet. Soil, a free loam ; subsoil, open, gravelly. 

 Correspondent : John Ord Mackenzie, Esq., W.S., of Dolphinton. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft, 



In. 



Feet 









27 



55 



3 



6 



28 



S.E. 



Vigorous, very promising. 





10 



14 







8 





Pretty, promising ; hardy. 





18 



37 



2 



7 



17 





Eequires a sheltered site. 





41 



62 



7 



6 



36 





Very promising in shelter. 





20 



68 



5 



5 



32 





Promising and desirable. 





30 



40i 



4 



0 



19 





Very promising tree. 



magniiica 



1.5 



28^ 



2 



4 



11 



N. 



A pretty tree ; very hardy. 





30 



60 



5 



6 



30 



S.E. 



Vigorous and fast grovsdng. 





30 





4 



9 



26 





Very thriving ; a tine tree. 



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ou 



50 



3 



10 



18 



j> 



Very handsome specimens. 



., orientalis 



15 



32 



2 



9 



15 





Close habited & effective. 



Araucaria imbricata . . . 



40 



28 



2 



5 



17 



W. 



More curious than pretty. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



28 



29 



2 



4 



15 





Thrives everywhere. 



Pinus Laricio 



35 



36 



o 



6 



15 



s!w. 



Vigorous and hardy. 



Thuya gigantea 



20 



21 







7 





{TAdocedrus decurrcns). 





18 



41 



2 



4 



15 



s 



( Thuya gi{jantea)Yigoions. 



Thuyopsis borealis 





25 



1 



8 



12 



s.w. 



Very harc^ and graceful. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



25 



32 



5 





15 



s. 



More curious than pretty. 



General Remarks. — All the Conifers named in the list thrive well at this 

 high altitude. Of Abies Albert ia?ia there are numerous promising trees, which 

 have been raised from seed ripened at Carstairs, in this county, and at Scone 

 Palace, near Perth. Abies iJouglasii, A. grandis, and A. lasiocarpcv are thrifty 

 and desirable trees. Abies magnifiGa does not show young growth till near 

 Midsummer, and is thus safe from frost. The lower branches of A. Menziesii 

 were damaged last winter, though it is a vigorous and generally hardy tree. Of 

 many fine trees of A. 7iobilis, none are bearing cones this year: some thriving 

 young trees of it were raised from seed ripened at Scone. A. Nordmanniana 

 forms a very handsome tree, but signs of disease are appearing among them. 

 Klor^ ^\2J\il'& Q)l Arcmcaria imbricata were raised from seed ripened at Strath- 

 fieldsaye, Hants, and are healthy and promising. Cupressus Laivsoviana is a great 

 acquisition, thriving under almost any treatment if fairly sheltered, and from its 

 drooping branches the snow readily falls off, which it does not do from the 

 common hardy Arborvit'^e, a fine specimen of which, of twenty years' growth, was 

 torn to pieces here by a heavy fall of snow. Pinus Lao'icio is apt to get wind- 

 bound and stunted in early life, but afterwards recovers and grows freely. 

 Thuya gigantea, Lobbii, or 3Ienziesii is a hardy and very desirable tree. 

 Thuyopsis borealis is one of the hardiest and most graceful of all the coniferous 

 tribe, and thrives everywhere, although when exposed to strong winds it is apt to 

 grow bushy and out of shape. Of Abies alba, A. nigra, and A.pichta there are 

 many specimens which enjoy greater immunity from hares and rabbits than 

 other more valuable varieties seem to possess, but in other respects they are 

 inferior. Abies Pinsapo exists, but it does not thrive well, and seldom makes 

 a good leader. Pinus austriaca and P. Cembra are not thriving well ; and Cedrus 

 atlantica, C. Deodara, Pinus excelsa, P. insignis, P. monticola, P. ponderosa, 

 and Taxodium seviperr/irens have all been tried and failed, some of them failing 

 after growing well for ten or twelve years. 



