STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



531 



Keir. Sir John M. Stirling Maxwell, Eart. 

 Altitude, 200 to 300 feet. Soil, heavy loam ; subsoil, red sandstone. 



■ Correspondent : Mr. Thomas Lunt, The Gardens, Keir House, Dunblane. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









24 



30 



X 





1 7 



b. 



Healthy. 





25 



37 



Q 

 O 



a 

 o 



15 





Handsome specimen. 





42 



45 



1 1 



g 



55 





Fine sprdg. tree ; lost top. 





28 



55 



4 



2 



25 



S.E. 



Vigorous ; fast growing. 

 ,, ,, 





40 



(51 



7 





45 



S. 





40 



82 



5 



3 



28 





Very fine specimen. 



„ Nordmanniana ... 



40 



47 



o 



A 

 U 



25 





Vigorous. 





3fi 



37 





9 



24 





Fine specimen ; top lost. 





40 



4<i 



g 



0 



28 





G-racef ul habit. 





40 



30 



5 



4 



34 



J? 



Nice tree ; top lost. 





45 



A A 



44 



5 



0 





" 



Fine tree ; 1st. Iwr. brchs. 





40 



4.0 



5 



0 



20 



" 



Nice thriving trees. 

 „ „ 





40 



A O 



4b 



4 



8 



20 





Cryptomeria japonica ... 



40 



42 



9 



8 



27 





Fine specimen. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana... 



28 



34 



3 



9 



12 



S.E. 



Visrorous & free growth. 



„ macrocarpa . . . 



38 



47 



4 



0 





S.' 



r Clipped into long cone- 



„ sempervirens . 



45 



40 



1 



9 







) shaped trees. 





35 



28 



4 



2 



13 





Nice specimen. 





35 



30 







22 





Very fine bushy specimen. 





40 



48 



6 



2 



37 





Branchy ; rough. 





35 



38 



4 



0 



20 



» J 



Fine specimen. 





40 



49 



5 



2 



29 



»» 





40 



54 



9 



4 



42 





?) ?) 





40 



46 



6 



0 



35 









36 



51 



5 



10 



27 





Vigorous ; rough. 





40 



54 



5 



3 



30 



M 



Fine tree. 





40 



33 



5 



0 



30 



5> 



Branchy; rough. 





40 



35 



5 



4 



32 









28 



47 



5 



4 



16 



S.E. 



Handsome specimen. 





28 



30 



2 



6 



11 



)> 





Wellingtonia gigantea... 



28 



52 



8 



6 



19 



>5 



Very fine specimens. 



General Kemarks. — The fine collection of Conifers formed here about forty 

 years ago by the late Sir William Stirling Maxwell, Bart., is now a leading feature 

 in the pleasure grounds and gardens. Many of the species have attained to large 

 dimensions, as the table shows, and, except where they have been allowed to 

 become crowded, most of them are very handsome specimens. All the newer 

 hardy Conifers have been added to the collection as they appeared, and are mostly 

 doing well, especially those of Japanese origin. 



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