STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THL BIUTISII ISLANDS. 



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MuETHLY Castle. W. Steuaet Fotheinghait, Esq. 



Altitude, 100 to 300 feet; soil, light and heavy loam, and peaty; 

 subsoil, gravel and clay. 

 Correspondent : Mr. James Laueie, The Gardens, Murthly Castle, Perth, 



Botanical Xame 



! 



Age 



j 

 i 



Height 



lirth at' 

 5 ft. up. 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Kiinarks 





Year; 



Feet 



! 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









32 



Ob , 



5 



8 





Xj. 



Fast growing; beautifultree. 





50 





2 



7 





AV 

 t> . 



Healthy ; slow gro^^i.ng. 





45 



do 



5 



10 



9fi 



xM . 



Best on north aspect. 





27 



OO 



b 



2 



1 



xo 



o.xL.. 



Very handsome ; hardy. 





45 



i o 



11 



9 



49 



)> 



Vev\' vig'rous : gr' ws 3 f t. y'l}-. 





40 



DO 



4 



8 



99 





Fast grower ; very vigorous. 





30 



oU 



4 



0 



xo 



o. 



Fine ornamental tree. 





25 



do 



2 



3 



9 



JJ 



Very ornamental and hardy. 





47 



OO 



9 



6 





5 5 



Will supplant the Spruce. 





45 



75 



6 



4 



91 



55 



Fast gTowing : very fine tree. 



,, Nordmanniana... 



88 



OU 



3 



11 



1 8 



xo 



55 



Very line, well-clothed tree. 





40 



OU 



2 



7 



12 



55 



As free as the Spruce ; fine. 





30 



d5 



3 



10 



14 





Fine ornamental tree. 





45 



4fi 



5 



5 



28 



J> 



5 5 55 





35 



OO 



3 



7 





J5 



5 5 55 



Araucaria imbricata ... 



45 



tto 



4 



8 



18 



" 



,, many bearing cones. 





40 



tto 



5 



7 



98 



55 



Very fine ; grows freely. 





50 



52 



6 



4 



26 





„ bearing cones first time. 





50 



46 



5 



2 



23 





Growing freely ; fine trees. 



Cryptomeria japonica. . . 



40 



40 



4 



2 



26 



X. 



Fine ornamental tree. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



33 



50 



8 



8 



11 



s. 



Very fine ; timber excellent. 



,, thyoides 



40 



45 



2 



9 



12 



55 



Fine ornamental tree. 



Fitzroya patagonica , , . 



30 



16 



1 



1 



8 



55 







35 



27 



1 



4 



9 



35 







25 



30 



5 



7 



24 



SJ 



Timber of no value. 





45 



30 



4 



7 



17 



1 >5 



Goes back unless top-dressed 





40 



67 



5 



6 



18 



3J 



Fine rapid growing tree. 





55 



; 50 



' 7 



8 



42 





Ornamental. 



Taxodium sempervirens 



35 



45 



8 



10 



12 



j 55 



Fine in damp places. 





30 



56 



3 



8 



15 





' A beautiful tree. 



Thuyopsis borealis 



30 



50 



1 



9 



9 







^Vellingtoniagigantea (1 ) 



35 



66i 



9 



3 



26 





Finest of three oldest trees. 



» (2) 



30 



61' 



6 



6 



j 20 





1 Kaised from a cutting. 



Geneeal Kemaeks. — Hardy Conifers grow here with great vigour and 

 luxuriance, especially such free growers as Ahics Douglasii, A. grandis, A. 

 Jlenziesii and A. noMIis, many of which make leaders of three feet and upwards 

 annually ; and being planted in large numbers they partly shelter each other, 

 and do not get their heads broken off so readily as when they are towering singly 

 high above other trees. All the AMes tribe seem to thrive peculiarly well in the 

 soil and climate of this district. The same may be said of Cupressus Lan-soniana, 

 C. thyoides. Thuya gigantea, Tliuy apsis horealis, and Wellingtonia gigantea, all of 

 which are thriving and growing vigorously. The Araucaria imbricata and 

 Cedriis Beodara are also thriving well as single specimens, and form picturesque 

 groups and avenues. The Deodara has borne cones this season for the first time 

 -on trees about 50 years old. The Araucaria cones freely here, and there is a 

 heavy crop of cones on many of them this year. Pinus monticola is a very hardy 



