544 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



SELKIRKSHIKE. 

 Sunderland Hall. Mrs. Scott Plummer. 

 Altitude, 150 feet. Soil, light loam ; subsoil, gravel. 



Correspondent : William G. Pirie, The Gardens, Sunderland Hall, Selkirk. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. lip 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









21 



44 



3 2 



18 



W. 



Very vigorous k healthy. 



„ Nordmanniana . . . 



26 



36 



3 3 



18 



s. 





Cupressus Lawsoniana... 



25 



33 



3 0 



16 



N.W. 



Grows freely & graceful. 



Wellingtonia gigantea. . . 



30 



51 



6 2 



15 



S.E. 



Vigorous and handsome. 



General Kemarks. — Many younger plants are thriving well, and promise in 

 time to be fine trees. 



STIRLINGSHIRE. 



Buchanan Castle. Duke of Montrose. 



Altitude, 120 feet. Soil, loam; subsoil, tilly. 

 Correspondent : Mr. Alex. Crosbie, The Gardens, Buchanan Castle, Dr3^men. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Brandies 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 







Abies Albertiana 



25 



45 



3 



6 



22 



S. 



Fine elegant habit. 







45 



6 



10 







A fine clean stem. 







85 



12 



0 



50 



Shcltd. 



Fine healthy tree. 



„ Menziesii 



35 



65 



9 



0 



35 



•>■> 



Fine specimen. 





35 



72 



6 



7 



40 





Very fine specimen. 



' Nordmanniana ... 



35 



50 



7 



2 



35 



J J 



A handsome tree. 



Araucaria imbricata 



35 



43 



5 



4 



22 



5> 



Very fine specimen. 





35 



55 



3 



9 



24 



55 



Healthy & free growing. 





35 



45 



5 



2 



24 



5J 



Fine specimen. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana... 



30 



42 



3 



7 



20 



55 



Thrives vigorously. 



„ „ erecta viridis 



7 



9 



4 



0 



4 



55 



Very pretty and effective 





35 



50 



3 



2 





J5 



Healthy. 





30 



43 



2 



7 





55 



Slow growing. 





35 



50 



4 



8 



20 



55 



Very good specimen. 



monticola 



35 



55 



5 



4 



22 



55 



Very fine tree. 



Taxodium sempervirens 



35 



33 



7 



8 



30 



5» 



Healthy tree. 





25 



28 



4 



4 



15 



55 



Fine specimen. 





25 



25 



2 



6 



12 



55 



Beautiful tree. 



,, dolabrata 



25 



12 







4 





Beautiful small tree. 



Wellingtonia gigantea... 



34 



60 



9 



8 



20 



55 



Vigorous and healthy 

















very fine. 



