STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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Scone Estates. Earl of Mansfield. 

 Corres'pondent : Lewis Bayne, Forester, Jeanie Bank, Perth. 



1. Growing in Scone Plantations. 

 Altitude, 200 to 300 feet. Soil, moorish ; subsoil, tilly. 



Botanical N'ame 



Larix 

 Pinus 



Larix 

 Pinus 



Age 



Abies Douglasii (1)... 



„ (2)... 



(3) ... 



(4) ... 



(5) ... 

 „ (6)... 



Menziesii (1)... 



(2)... 

 Xordmanniana 



Pinsapo 



europEea 



austriaca 



Cembra 



Laricio 



sylvestris 



europaja 



sylvestris 



Year.- 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 41 



Height 



58 



70i 

 59"^ 

 62i 



61 



49i 



37 



56i 



37 



39 



50 



48 



74i 



Gir that 

 5 ft. up j 



Remarks 



Ft. In. ! 



4 8i 

 4 7 I 



3 11 I 



4 31; 



5 11- 

 2 11^ 



6 1 

 6 8i 



4i 

 3 11 

 3 8 

 8 1 

 7 10 



The Douglas Fir plantation 

 on the Scone estate extends to 

 13 acres, and was planted in 

 the spring of 1857. It is very 

 healthy and thriving well, as 



vthe measurements show. 



/ This plantation is very much 

 exposed, so much so that a 

 good many Larch and Scots 

 Fir have been blown down. 



1 There is no Douglas Fir in this 

 plantation. It will be observed 

 that Abies Menziesii has far 

 outstripped the dimensions of 

 the other species. 

 Fine old Larch in Scone Wood. 

 Scots Pine 



2. Growing on Lynedoch Estate. 



Altitude, 340 feet. Soil, loam ; subsoil, till. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



i 



1 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Remarks 



Abies Douglasii (1) 



(2) 



„ excelsa (3) 

 „ pectinata (4) ., , 



Years 

 57 



57 



Feet 

 72i 



92 



106i 

 104i 



Ft. In. 



11 2 



12 0 



10 0 



13 8 



fThe Scone & Taymount plantations 

 \ were raised from seed of this tree, 

 r This fine tree has two leaders at 

 I 58 feet 4 inches up. 

 The largest Spruce on the estates. 

 „ Silver Fir „ 



