mething like
eighty or a hundred different varieties growing at Murthly, but some of
them are young and only experiments. Those measured and noted are the
most striking; they are nearly all growing in large numbers. The remarks
appended to the table are made by Mr. James Laurie, the gardener, who
knows Conifers well. The only additional notes I have made are the
following: _Picea sitchensis_ will never, in my opinion, supplant the
Spruce. _Picea orientalis_ is not as free-growing as the Spruce, but
quite as hardy. _Araucaria imbricata._--Many of these were damaged by
severe frost. _Cedrus Deodara_ will not, in my opinion, live to great
age in our climate. _Cupressus thyoides._--This particular tree was so
much broken by branches blown off its neighbour that I cut it down.
_Pinus monticola_ has been attacked by a parasitic growth that is likely
to destroy all the young growth and probably the trees. _Juniperus
recurva_ was severely injured by the hard frost. By the hard frost I
mean the winter of 1894-5. In February 1895, the thermometer was for
several days below 0 Fahr., and on one night went to 11 deg. below 0.
This shows that all these trees will stand great cold at the time of
year that it is likely to come, but late frosts in spring, when the sap
has begun to rise, are detrimental to the young shoots of those that
start their growth early in the season. There are at Murthly, besides
Coniferae, fine specimens of Yews, Oaks, Beech, Spanish Chestnut, Horse
Chestnut, and Sycamore."

Key:
A - Height.
B - Girth at 5 feet.
C - Spread of Branches.

---------------------------------------+-------------------+--------------------
| August 11, 1892. | March 24, 1900.
+------+------+-----+-------+------+-----
| A | B | C | A | B | C
+------+------+-----+-------+------+-----
Wellingtonia, planted 1857[a] | 66.6 | 9.3 | 26 | 74.11| 10.7 | 28
Picea sitchensis, planted 1845[b] | 91.9 | 9.7 | 45 | 105.10| 11.3 | ...
Pinus monticola, planted 1850[c] | 67 | 5.6 | 18 | 79.2 | 6.2 | 22
Araucaria imbricata, planted 1847[d] | 42.6 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 4.8 | 9.8
Abies Pinsapo, planted 1847 | 34.8 | 6.6 | ...| 42.6 | 7.10| ...
,, magnifica, planted 1867 | 31.9 | 2.7 | 9 | 43.3 | 3.8 | 11
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