STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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Darnaway. Earl of Moray. 

 Altitude, 100 feet. Soil, light loam; subsoil, gravelly clay. 



Correspondent : Mr. D. Scott, Forester, Darnaway Castle, Forres. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Hciglit 



G-irfh at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 







Abies Douglasii 



18 



43 



4 0 



24 



Sheltcl. 



Yery vigorous. 



,, lasiocarpa 



28 



45 



4 1 



22 









18 



45 



3 0 



30 





Fine ; fast-grow ing. 





15 



35 



3 8 



19 





Very vigorous. 





28 



50 



4 4 



18 





A fine fast-growing tree. 



V/ellingtonia gigantea . . . 



18 



28 



4 2 



12 



Sheltd. 



Fine specimen. 



General Eemarks. — Most kinds of hardy Conifers do well and grow 

 vigorously here, when due attention is paid to planting them in well-drained 

 ground. They chiefly delight in a free open soil, and a porous subsoil ; the 

 Spruces and some others preferring a cool subsoil, but not a wet, sour, or imper- 

 vious one. Abies nohllis, A. DougkLsii, and some others of the fast-growing 

 Conifers, are liable to lose their leaders from high winds, and should be planted 

 where they can be sheltered from the prevailing storms. The Wellingtonia thrives 

 remarkably well, and many fine specimens grow in this district. 



Gordon Castle. Duke of Eichmond and Gordon. 

 Altitude, 70 to 200 feet. Soil, deep loam; subsoil, gravelly clay. 

 Correspondent : Mr. Charles Webster, The Gardens, Gordon Castle, Fochabers. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Heiglit 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. 



In. 



Feet 









32 



50 



4 



8 



20 



Sheltd. 



Vigorous. 



„ lasiocarpa 



24 



48 



6 



4 



19 



S.W. 



Very fine specimen. 



Nordmanniana ... 



30 



45 



4 



2 



20 



Sheltd. 



Handsome tree. 



Smithiana 



35 



40 



4 



8 



16 





Fine graceful habit. 



Araucaria imbricata 



41 



40 



5 



0 



16 





Fine healthy specimen. 





18 



18 



3 



6 



17 



55 



Doing well. 





40 



42 



6 



9 



35 





Very graceful. 





40 



48 



5 



5 



28 



s. 



Strong growing. 



Thuya gigantea 



30 



48 



4 



9 



30 





A^'igorous. 



Wellingtonia gigantea... 



30 



52 



7 



9 



16 



5) 



Very handsome tree. 



General Eemarks. — All the Conifers mentioned are thriving well ; and so 

 are a great number of smaller plants of many other species. Two fine specimens 

 that grew here of Abies nobilis, which were said to have been raised from seed 

 sent to the Duke of Gordon over 70 years ago, were blown down during a severe 

 gale about 30 years ago. after having reached a height of 65 to 70 feet. 



