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JOUP.NAL or THE ROYAL HOETICULURAL SOCIETY. 



EOSS-SHIRE. 



Aedros?. Sir Kenneth J. Mathesox, Bart. 



Altitude, 450 to 600 feet. Soil, loam and peaty; subsoil, till, g-rave], and 



sandstone. 



Correspondent : Mr, John Cunning-ham, Forester, Ardross, Alness. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Eemarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 







Abies cepbalonica 



38 



40 



6 



0 



27 



s.w. 



Thrives fairly well. 





38 



50 



4 



0 



20 





Vigorous ; fine tree. 





42 



56 



6 



0 



30 



w. 







38 



48 



5 



8 



21 







,, Nordroanniana ... 



38 



36 



4 



3 



21 



s.w. 



Makes a pretty tree. 



,, orientalis 



38 



36 



4 



0 



18 





,, Pinsapo 



24 



14 







15 







Araucaria imbricata ... 



38 



32 



5 



7 



20 





Good specimen. 





38 



18 



2 



0 



12 





Slow growing. 



Libani 



38 



26 



3 



6 



15 





Does fairly well. 



Cnpressus Lawsoniana 



24 



27 



.3 



4 



15 





Vigorous ; fine tree. 





38 



35 



3 



7 



15 





Doing fairly well. 





38 



32 



o 



6 



18 







32 



30 



3 



8 



16 









32 



30 



4 



0 



18 







Thuyopsis borealis 



82 



21 



2 



7 



9 





Very beautiful and hardy. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



32 



26 



7 



6 



18 





A'igorous and healthy. 



General Eemarks. — -The exposure is south-west, from which quarter the 

 heaviest gales blow past Ben Wyvis, twelve miles distant, and strike this district 

 with great force. Still the newer Conifers, when sheltered from the direct blast, 

 thrive well in general, and those recently planted, such as Ahies Allertiana, 

 A. concolor. A, grancUs, and A. magnifica, Cedrus atlantica, Pmus monticola, 

 and T7iuya gigantea, in addition to those named in the list, are growing 

 vigorously. Late spring frost is apt to kill the pushing buds of Ahles Morinda, 

 A. Pindrojv, and A. Wehhiana, and in consequence they do not thrive. Larch 

 and Scots Fir grow up to an altitude of about 1,600 feet on the mountains; but 

 in the higher parts the young growth is liable to be injured late spring frost, 

 except where the ground is covered with heather, which seems to be a great pre- 

 ventive of injury from that cause. 



