STATISTICS OF CO^TIFERS IX THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



547 



sovrn and the plants raised by a namesake of mr own, James Smith, then gardener 

 at Hopetoun. He afterwards planted two of them in the grounds here ; one was 

 sent to the Eoyal Horticultural Society; and the other three to the Edinburgh 

 Botanic Garden. To increase their number at Hopetoun, he grafted it upon the 

 Norway Spruce, on which some did fairly well. Xo. 2 is the finest of the graft.ed 

 trees still extant, and is mentioned by Loudon as being grafted in 1826, and 

 10 feet high in 1S37. Wallich named the species SmitJiiana, after the raiser. 



WIGTONSHIRE. 



Castle Kennedy. Eael of Staie. 

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

 Correspondent : Mr. James Hogaeth, Forester, Culhorn, Stranraer. 



I 



i 



Age 



'3 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



^ Si 

 e ^ 



1 g 



Exposure; 



Reinarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 







A \\\ pii A 1 Viprti n n n 



35 



32 



3 



6 



24 



S.W. 



"\*i'^orous and s'race^ul. 



A 1 poplri fin n 



20 



32 



1 



9 



16 



,, 



V '1 i 1 C4. 1 1 1 CU. Ldl « X CI |Jl»-i X W >> CX « 





30 



25 



2 



9 



1 8 



,, 



-L cl li Ixal , xilLcX C> LiUi» . 





42 



42 



7 



0 





,, 



XlcalLliV , ^UUU. c UcLiilitrii. 





35 



36 



4 



0 



15 



,, 



ilclU Ll^Uili c Litre. 



T) m T o*l CI 1 



40 





4 



4 



''O 



5) 



lJUc^t;^ it:d.H.ci xiUili ticlicS. 





12 



30 



1 





14 







Tn CTTl 1 fl PP 



35 



36 



3 



0 



9 





^"erv handsome tree. 



"AfoTi Ti PI 



40 



50 



4 



in 



24 





Oracefullv droops', brnch^. 





40 



50 



< 



0 



30 







TCnyr] tti p ii ti i n 



30 



35 



3 



9 



1 8 







„ Pindrow 





38 



3 



2 



14 





Grows freely; fine tree. 



)5 J) 





35 



36 



3 



5 



IS 





Araucaria imbricata ... 



42 



40 



5 



6 



25 





Vigorous ; many fine trees. 



Cedrus atlantica 



36 



32 



3 



5 



18 



J> 



Moderate grower. 



„ Deodara 



40 



40 



4 



9 



30 





Cryptomeria japonica... 



35 



40 



4 



0 



18 



J5 



fine graceful tree. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



30 



27 



3 



3 



12 





Very hardy and free. 



„ macrocarpa 



35 



55 



8 



S 



32 



)> 



Beautiful tree; grows 

















rapidly; forms heart- 

















wood quickly. 





42 



45 



6 



6 



24 





Healthy. 





30 



30 



3 



4 



15 









40 



37 



4 



8 











42 



52 



7 



9 



36 





Very fine, free growing. 





42 



48 



5 



8 



20 





Free grower. 



„ monticola 



20 



32 



2 



3 



12 





Fine fast growing tree. 



„ ponderosa 



42 



38 



4 



4 



22 





Vigorous. 



Taxodium sempervirens 



35 



34 



5 



10 



18 



> J 





Thuva gigantea 



30 



35 



3 



8 



18 





,, rapid grower. 



Thuvopsis borealis 



25 



21 



2 



0 



14 





Fine graceful habit. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



30 



33 



8 



6 



20 





Vigorous ; grows well. 



General Remarks. — Tne above trees are all growing in the ornamental 

 grounds at Castle Kennedy, along with thousands of others, and, the site and soil 

 being fairly suitable, most of them are thriving we.l and making rapid growth in 

 the moist and mild climate of this district. 



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