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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



General Eemarks. — All kinds of hardy Conifers grow vigorously in this 

 district, and many fine specimens stand in the grounds here. The above Abies 

 Douglasii is a very fine tree, and girths, at 1 foot from the base, 14 ft. 6 in. ; at 

 3 feet, 12 ft. 6 in. ; at 8 feet, 9 ft. 10 in. ; at 40 feet, 5 ft. 9 in. ; and at 75 feet, 

 1 ft. 6 in. ; the exact total height being 94 feet. 



Dupplin Castle. Earl of Kinnoull. 



Altitude, 70 to 230 feet. Soil, loam ; subsoil, clay, and rocky. 

 Correspondent : Mr. John Browning, The Gardens, Dupplin Castle, Perth. 



Bottinical Name 



Age 



Height 



G-irth at 

 5 ft. up 



' Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feefc Ft. In. 



Feet 









32 



60 



5 



3 



40 



S. 



Sheltered ; fine tree. 





28 



29 



3 



10 



21 



s.w. 



Nice specimen. 





oo 

 61 



75 



7 



1 



42 



E. 



Open to E. ; very fine tree. 





30 



65 



5 



8 



32 



s. 



Sheltered ; vigorous. 





28 



50 



4 



5 



35 



S.E. 







32 



66 



5 



8 



27 



S. 



Exposed all round ; fine. 



„ Nordmanniana ... 



29 



48 



4 



0 



23 





Sheltered ; pretty tree. 



Araucaria imbricata ... 



32 



54 



5 



6 



27 



)> 



„ very fine specimen 





30 



28 



3 



10 



22 





Slow growing. 





32 



49 



5 



4 



38 





Sheltered ; fine specimen. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



32 



55 



4 



3 



14 





jj >> 





28 



24 



2 



9 



14 





Exposed. 





28 



24 



1 



9 



12 









28 



30 



3 



9 



21 



n'e. 







28 



28 



3 



5 



20 



s. 



j» 





28 



29 



3 



5 



21 







Taxodium sempervirens 



32 



60 



7 



9 



38 



>> 



Sheltered ; fine specimen 





30 



50 



4 



8 



20 









28 



25 



1 



9 



13 



») 





Welhngtonia gigantea 



28 



55 



8 



6 



24 





Exposed ; very fine tree. 



General Eemarks. — The newer Conifers have been planted in considerable 

 numbers on this estate, and on the whole they are growing very satisfactorily. 

 Abies Alhertiana, A. Douglasii, A grandis, and A. nobills grow most vigorously, 

 but scarcely any of the hardier species fail to make a good average growth. 



