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JOL'RXAL OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



MORAYSHIRE. 

 Altyee. Sir Wm. G. Gordon Gumming, Bart. 



Altitude, 60 to 100 feet. Soil, light loam ; subsoil, open gravel. 

 Correspond G7}t : Mr. William McLaren, Forester, Altj^re, Forres. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



£ S 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









30 



80 



6 0 



45 



N.E. 



Vigorous. 





22 



60 



7 0 



30 





Healthy; free growing. 



Nordmanniaiia ... 



22 



45 



4 6 



27 





Vigorous. 





22 



35 



4 8 









22 



40 



3 10 





)> 







22 



60 



3 10 





>■> 



)> 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



25 



50 



7 3 



]8 







General Eemaeks. — Besides the above, the following Conifers are growing 

 \dgorously here : Ahies Alhertiana, A. nnagnipca, A. Morinda, A. noMlts, A. 

 Pinsapo, Araucaria imhrieata, Pinus Cemhra, Tlniyopsis horealis, and T. dolaljrata. 

 Ahies lasiocarpa, A. 3Ienziesii, A. orientalis, A. Webhiana, CTyjJtomeria japonlca, 

 Cupressus Lamljertiana, C. Lansooviana, and Tliuya Loljhii are healthv, and make 

 moderate growth. They are all growing in a gravelly soil, and a well-sheltered 

 situation. 



Brodie Castle. Brodie of Brodie. 



Altitude, 50 feet. Soil, light ; subsoil, gravelly. 

 Correspondent : James McKendrick, Forester, Brodie Castle, Forres. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 f c. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Year* 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









50 



80 



6 2 



35 



Sheltd. 



Splendid tree. 





30 



50 



4 6 





J > 



Growing in clump ; vigor. 



„ Menziesii ...c = .,.. 



50 



80 



8 4 



45 



Open. 1 A grand specimen. 





30 



50 



4 7 





Sheltd. 



Vigor. ; growing in clump. 



„ Nordmanniana ... 



30 



45 



4 C 





>» 







45 



48 



6 6 







Fine ; growing among 















others. 





70 



50 



7 7 





i» 



Fine clean bole of 15 ft. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



80 



48 



6 6 







The finest of several grow- 















ing in clumps. 



General Remarks. — The newer Conifers are generally doing well and gi-ow- 

 ing fast in the light warm soil, and many of them promise to make useful and 

 handsome trees. 



