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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



OxEXFORD Castle. Earl of Stair. 



Altitude, 250 feet. Soil, heavy and light loam ; subsoil, clay and gravel. 

 Correspondent : Mr. William Smith, The Gardens, Oxenford Castle, Dalkeith. 



Botanical Xame 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft 



In. 



Feet 









30 



40 



2 



9 



16 



S.E. 



Fine specimen. 



„ Douglasii giauca 



40 



GO 



3 



4 



21 



j> 



Drooping habit. Beautiful 

















specimen. 





85 



60 





9 



27 





Handsome tree. 



Hookeriana 



20 



25 



1 



10 



11 



5) 



Beautiful tree. 



„ Menziesii 



30 



60 



4 



9 



23 



55 



Vigorous &; free-growing. 



„ nobilis 



34 



55 



4 



8 



26 



55 



,, fine tree. 



„ Nordmanniana . . . 



30 



45 



2 



3 



17 



55 



Handsome tree. 



„ orient alls 



40 



40 



3 



0 



17 



55 



!5 



Araucaria imbricata ... 



40 



48 



3 



10 



22 





Fine specimen. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



3.5 



45 



4 



0 



19 



" 



Very fine and vigorous. 



Libocedrus decurrens... 



30 



30 



8 



9 



6 





Fine specimen. 



Pinus austriaca 



30 



35 



4 



0 







Plantation tree. 



,, Cembra 



30 



30 



2 



1 



14 



5» 



Fine specimen. 





30 



40 



2 



9 





55 



Irregular. 



Laricio 



35 



45 



3 



10 





55 



Coarse and irregular. 



Taxodium sempervirens 



45 



48 



5 



0 



19 



55 



Good specimen. 



Thuya gigantea 



35 



45 



4 



0 



14 





Vigorous & free-growing. 





30 



36 







11 



55 



Beautifully healthy tree. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



35 



42 



6 



0 



18 



55 



Handsome specimen. 



General Kemarks. — The above are the finest specimens of their kind among 

 a large number here. On the heavy soil, which predominates, Firs, Pines, and 

 Spruces thrive best ; wdiile on the lighter loam Cypress, Tiiuya, and Wellingtonia 

 do well. A fine avenue in the grounds is formed of Abies noMlis fflauca and 

 Wellinr/tonia gigantea, planted alternately, which has a very pleasing effect. 



