526 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



NAIRNSHIRE. 

 Cawdor Castle. Earl of Cawdor. 

 Altitude. 300 feet. Soil, sandy loam ; subsoil, gravel 

 Correspondent : Mr. Citarles Clark, Forester, Cawdor, Nairn, 



Botanical Xame 



Age 



leiglit 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



anictcr of 

 ranches 





Remarks 





















Years 



Feet 



Ft 



In. 



Feet 







Abies Albertiana 



25 



56 



3 



2 



23 



E. 



Very healthy. 



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„ Douglasii 



20 



40 



4 



4 



32 





., nobilis 



20 



40 



3 



4 



18 



>J 



5) J5 



5, Nordmanniana ... 



20 



20 



1 



6 



14 











GO 



8 



6 



37 



w. 



Fine tree. 





35 



35 



4 



4 



20 





Fine specimen. 





O T' 



.">o 



35 



4 



2 



24 



E. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana . . . 



25 



35 



4 



2 



30 





Vigorous and free. 



Wellingtonia gigantea . . . 



35 



40 



G 



10 



24 





Fine specimen. 



Ebmarks. — The above are healthy and vigorous trees, and have all the 

 appearance of forming large and useful timber trees at some future time. To 

 show how well the old trees have grown here, there is an Ash 50 feet in height, 

 20 feet 8 inches in girth, and 84 feet diameter of branches ; a Beech 60 feet high, 

 13 feet girth, and 114 feet diameter of branches ; and another of the same height, 

 16 feet 6 inches girth, and 102 feet in spread of branches ; very ornamental trees, 

 A fine Walnut on the Castle lawn is GO feet high, 15 feet G inches in girth, and 

 69 feet in diameter of branches. All girths are at 5 feet from the ground. 



ORKNEY. 



Isle op Shapixshay, Colonel Balfour. 



Altitude, 80 to 50 feet. Soil, light and heavy loam ; subsoil, gravel and clay. 

 Correspondent : Mr. Thomas Macdonald, The Gardens, Balfour Castle, Kirkwall. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure. 



Remarks 





Tears 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 







Araucaria imbricata . , . 



24 



18 



2 0 



14 



N. 



Healthy and vigorous. 



Cedrus Deodara 



18 



7 





10 



S. 



„ moderate growth. 



Cupressus macrocarpa. . . 



18 



16 





25 



E. 



Very healthy and vigorous. 





18 



12 



1 0 







Scarcely worth growing. 





18 



18 



1 2 



6 



S, 



Moderately vigorous. 



General Remarks. — The Araucaria Imlnicata and Cupressus macrocarpa are 

 the most valuable Conifers we have tried in this island, both standing the stormy 

 winds and saline breezes without any signs of injury. The above Araucaria is 

 a well-furnished tree, and girths at the ground 3 ft. 2 in. The Cypress girths 



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