STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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General Eemarks. — The Araucaria has at present 52 cones, which are get- 

 ting brown, and promise to ripen. About ten j^ears ago a cone ripened seeds, 

 from which young trees were raised that are now about 3 ft. high, and very 

 healthy. The Douglas Fir succeeds best in sheltered places ; when exposed the 

 trees lose their symmetry, and the leader is apt to be broken off by the wind. 



CouL House, Strathpeffbr. Sir Arthur Kamsay Mackenzie, Bart. 



Altitude, 100 feet. Soil, light loam ; subsoil, sandy. 

 Correspoiident : Sir Arthur Eamsay Mackenzie, Bart., of Coul, Dingwall. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



G-irth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. 



In. 



Feet 









60 



72 



10 



10 



51 



S. 



Very fine specimen. 





60 



77 



7 



10 



34 



s.w. 





Cupressus Lawsoniana 



28 



80 



3 



4 



19 



J» 



Beautiful tree. 



Thuya gigantea 



30 



42 



3 



3 



24 







Wellingtonia gigantea 



30 



55 





10 



23 



if 



Handsome tree. 



General Eemarks. — Both Abies Douglasii and A. 7iobiUs are beautiful and 

 healthy trees planted by Sir George Mackenzie of Coul, seventh Baronet, and are 

 believed to have been raised from the first seed of them imported into this 

 country. All the specimens are of remarkably healthy and vigorous growth. 



DuNCRAiG. Sir Kenneth J. Matheson, Bart, 

 Altitude, 30 to 100 feet. Soil, loam and peaty ; subsoil, gravel and rock3^ 

 C irrespondent : Mr. Alexander Stewart, The Gardens, Duncraig, Strome Ferry, 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Fe-t 



Ffc. In. 



Feet 









23 



38 



4 0 





N.W. 



Fine thriving tree. 





23 



46 



3 6 





?> 



Very flourishing. 



„ Nordmanniana ... 



23 



45 



4 4 









A r aucaria imbricata . . . 



23 



36 



3 1 





n!e. 





Cupressus Lawsoniana 



23 



15 



1 6 





N.W. 



Nice tree. 





23 



25 



2 0 





)» 



Free growing. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



23 



40 



5 G 





1) 



Fine tree ; very flourishing. 



General Eemarks. — All the Conifers here are in a remarkably healthy and 

 flourishing condition. They are among the finest in West Eoss-shire, and are 

 greatly admired for their free growth and vigorous appearance. 



