542 



JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Castle Lbod. Earl of Cromarty. 

 Altitude, 100 to 250 feet. Soil, sandy and heavy loam ; subsoil, gravel and clay. 



Coi'respondent : Mr. William Gunn, Factor, Nutwood, Strathpeffer. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



1 



Exposure 



Eemarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. 



In. 



Feet 









— 



85 



1 



9 





N. 



TTealthy and fine tree. 







60 



5 



10 





S. 



Vigorous tree. 



„ Menziesii 





65 



6 



4 













36 



8 



10 





S'.E. 





,, Nordmanniana ... 



18 



20 



1 



4 







Beautiful young tree. ! 



Araucaria imbricata ... 





35 



4 



2 





W. 



Fine specimen. 







33 



5 



0 







S.E. 



55 5» 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 





26 



o 



6 







55 J5 



Libocedrus decurrens... 



13 



10 



0 



8 







Fine young tree. 







31 



5 



3 





S. 



Fine specimen. 



Taxodium sempervirens 



Thuyopsis borealis 



Wellingtonia gigantea . . 





42 



6 



6 







55 5« 





35 

 61 



8 



10 



0 



o 

 o 





w. 



A very beautiful tree. 

 A splendid specimen. 



CoNAN House. Sir Kenneth S. Mackenzie, Bart. 

 Altitude, 200 feet. Soil, light loam ; subsoil, sandy. 

 (Joj'resjJOiident : Mr. William Hilloak, The Gardens, Conan House, Conan. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



1 

 W 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









34 



48 



4 



9 





N. 



Good specimen. 





28 



■ 77 



5 



4 





Shelt. 



Vigorous ; fast grower. 





18 



52 



5 



0 





N. 



Vigorous ; fine tree. 





22 



53 



5 



10 





55 



55 55 





20 



50 



3 



3 





55 



55 55 



Nordmanniana ... 



20 



43 



2 



7 







55 55 





80 



65 



10 



1 







Fine old tree. 





27 



31 



8 



2 







A good specimen. 





25 



85 



3 



6 







Ornamental; lost leader. 



Araucaria imbricata . . . 



48 



42 



4 



2 





s. 



Fine specimen ; bearing 





35 



35 



5 



1 





Open. 



„ „ [cones. 



55 55 



Cupressus Lawsoniana . . 



22 



33 



2 



6 





N. 





80 



96 



8 



4 





55 



Fine old tree. 



Sciadopitys verticillata 



15 



7 









55 



Slow growing ; interesting. 





15 



23 











Healthy and very graceful. 



Wellingtonia gigantea . . 



18 



38 



5 



3 





s.. 



Vigorous and healthy. 



