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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Castle Mexzies. Sir Robert Mexzies, Bart. 

 Altitude, 300 to 350 feet. Soil, loam ; subsoil, gravel and rocky. 

 Correspondent : Mr. J. EwiXG, The Gardens, Castle Menzies, Aberfeldj. 













O W) 



^ o 







Botanical Xame 



Age 





G-irtli at 

 5 ft. up 



5-1 — 



"o ^ 



cposu 



Remarks 













fl 









Tears 



Feet 



Ft. 



in. 



Feet 









38 



72 



5 



9 



38 



s. 



Eipens seed freely. 





46 



92 



7 



1 



35 





Grows vigorously. 





24 



68 



5 



1 



38 





Growing rapidly. 





34 



52 



3 



5 



15 





Handsome tree. 



„ Menziesii 



46 



96| 



11 



0 



56 





Yery healthy ; fine tree. 





24 



50 



3 



6 



21 



5» 





„ Nordmanniana . . . 



33 



49 



3 



9 



27 



J> 







47 



31 



3 



1 



15 



)S 







36 



38 



4 



10 



31 



5J 





Cupressus Lawsoniana. . . 



36 



36 



5 



3 



19 



/' ?5 







47 



50 



3 



8 



14 





In a confined place. 





36 



39 



3 



11 



23 



J) 



Healthy. 



Taxodium sempervirens 



15 



32 



1 



7 



9 



5) 



Growing very fast. 



43 



74 



4 



6 



21 



JJ 



Growing in old quarry. 





34 



36 



4 



3 



13 



J5 



Very healthy ; fine. 



Wellingtonia gigantea , . . 



35 



52 



13 



9 



27 



5> 



„ very fine tree. 



General Eemarks. — The Conifers growing in the grounds at Castle 

 Menzies are well sheltered from the north by a steep hill, and most of them 

 grow rapidly, and with great vigour. Abies Menziesii, of wdiich the exact height 

 and girth at the present date, October 1, 1891, are given, has grown and is still 

 growing fast, and has produced, in a given time, the largest amount of timber of 

 any Conifer here. The Wellingtonia, Taxodium, Cryptomeria, and the like, grow 

 very freely. Several kinds freely ripen seed, from which many young plants have 

 been raised and are thriving well. 



