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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Scone Estates— cofitinued. 

 3. Growing on Taymount Estate. 



Altitude, 262 feet. Soil, moorish ; subsoil, tilly. 



Botanical Xame 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Remarks 



Abies Douglasii (1) 



(2) 



(3) 



w 



» » (5) 



31 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 31 



68 



69 



63i 



6"i 



77 



5 4 

 5 1 

 4 9 

 4 10 

 4 4 



Plantation tree ; 27 ft. to 1st branch. 

 28 ft. 

 23 ft. 

 23 ft. 



„ 35 ft. „ 



4. Grown on Logie Almond Estate. 

 Altitude, 450 feet. Soil, light loam ; subsoil, tilly. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Remarks 



„ (2) 



„ Nordmanniana (1) 

 (2) 



Pinus Strobus (1) 



» (2) 



Years 



Feet 

 54 

 50 

 25 

 25 

 85 

 90 



Ft. In. 



3 11 



4 0 

 2 4 

 2 2 



6 7 



7 6 



r Plantation trees ; healthy and 

 \ thriving well. 



f Growing in the Nursery ; fine 

 \ handsome trees. 



f Growing on " Almond Bank " ; 

 \ ten in number; age unknown. 



General Eemarks.— All the Douglas Fir trees on the Scone estates have 

 been raised from seed borne by No. 1 tree at Lynedoch, which was planted in 

 1834, and has produced fertile cones freely for many years, and is known as "the 

 Parent tree." It contains about 200 cubic feet of timber ; and its neighbour, 

 No. 2, which stands close by and is much the finest tree, contains nearly 300 cubic 

 feet. The large Spruce, No. 3, at Lynedoch, is a very fine tree, and contains 

 347 cubic feet ; while the gigantic Silver Fir, No. 4, contains 480 cubic feet. 



The Scone Douglas Fir plantation, about 13 acres, is on sloping ground, with 

 a north-western exposure, and rather open to the prevailing gales. The Douglas 

 Fir plantation at Taymount is about the same in extent as that at Scone, 13 acres, 

 on nearly level ground, with a northern exposure, and the trees are in vigorous 

 health and growing fast. Both those plantations are solely o£ Douglas Fir. The 

 Douglas Firs at Logie Almond are somewhat sheltered by old trees. The other 

 Conifers on the Scone estates are generall}^ growing on a western aspect, and 

 exposed to strong gales. Many thousands of the newer Conifers, large and small, 

 are grown as plantation trees, and are generally of a very thrifty nature and 

 promising appearance ; but as, in most instances, only young immature trees, full 

 of sapwood, have been available for timber purposes, it will require the experience 

 of another generation or two to place them in their relative positions as useful 

 timber-producing trees. 



