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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



MIDLOTHIAN. 



Dalkeith. Duke of Buccleuch. 



Altitude, 150 to 200 feet. Soil, light loam; subsoil, gravelly. 

 Correspondent : Mr. MALCOLM Dunn, The Gardens, Dalkeith. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









80 



42 



10 6 



44 



N.W. 



Fine tree ; girth at 2 ft. up. 





35 



40 



4 2 



22 



N. 



Moderate grower. 





12 



15 



1 2| 



10 



S.E. 



„ fine species. 





35 



71 



4 6 



52 



N. 



Vigorous. 



„ grandis 



20 



38 



3 2 



18 









18 



25 



3 0 



16 



S. 





„ Nordmanniana... 



80 



35 



2 lOi 



20 







Araucaria imbricata ... 



30 



30 





22 



s!e. 





Biota orientalis aurea... 



30 



6 





7 



s. 



Very ornamental. 





35 



36 



3 8-| 



30 





Free growing; exposed. 





35 



38 



6 6 



34 



s!e. 



Handsome tree; sheltered. 





120 



74 



13 2 



84 



s. 



Fine old tree ; well sheltrd. 



Cryptomeria japonica... 



30 



25 



1 8 



12 



N. 



Healthy; top exposed. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



30 



32 



3 0 



10 





Handsome specimen. 



„ macrocarpa 



30 



48 



5 0 



22 



s.'e. 



Vigorous, & fast growing. 



,, torulosa ... 



20 



11 



1 2 



3 



s. 



Nice small tree. 





25 



ID 



i 1 



A 



tt 









30 



29 



1 11 



14 



N. 



Slow growing ; healthy. 



„ excelsa 



OA 



35 



O 1 U 



20 



S.E. 



iSlot ver}^ suitable. 





20 



19 



1 1 A 

 1 ID 



38 



N. 



Slowgrow'g; very healthy. 





20 



27 





16 



S. 



Healthy ; free grower. 





30 



35 



2 10 



18 



N. 



j> >> )> 



Eetinospora plumosa 

















18 



12 



1 3 



8 



S. 



Very beautiful. 



Salisburia adiantifolia 



40 



48i 



4 2 



25 



»> 



Fine healthy tree. 



Sciadopitys verticillata 



12 



6 





4 





Very interesting. 





30 



10 





24 



S.E. 



Fine specimen. 





150 



48 



9 8 



62 





Large and healthy tree. 





30 



8 





20 





Verj^ ornamental. 



„ ,, Dovastonii 



30 



6 





22 





Fine specimen. 



„ fastigiata 



80 



22 





12 





>> j> 





18 



30 



1 9 



10 



S.E. 



Free growing. 





18 



15 



1 0 



7 



S. 



A nice small tree. 



Thuyopsis borealis 



30 



28 





12 





Beautiful andshapely tree. 



„ variegata 



10 



12 





8 





„ variety. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



32 



42 



5 4 



20 



S.E. 



Good specim. ; top exposed. 



„ „ pendula 



15 



131 



1 0 



1 





A very distinct variety. 



General Remarks. — The deep light soil and rather dry climate of this dis- 

 trict suit some Conifers admirably, while others do not thrive so well as they do 



