. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . Close to the Castle,in the Ladys Linn, is aparticularly fine Scotchfir — girth, at five feetfrom the ground (1898),13 feet 10 inches, height125 feet — still in itsprime; near it, but acrossFrews Bridge, is a Doug-las, planted by PrinceLeopold, in 1875, and asilver, planted by theQueen about the samedate. A remarkable fea-ture about the silvers,besides their massivetrunks, is the fact thatthey never get raggedat the top. Additionalleaders, according to wont, of course they will throw up; buteven so, they seem almost to feather up to a poi
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . Close to the Castle,in the Ladys Linn, is aparticularly fine Scotchfir — girth, at five feetfrom the ground (1898),13 feet 10 inches, height125 feet — still in itsprime; near it, but acrossFrews Bridge, is a Doug-las, planted by PrinceLeopold, in 1875, and asilver, planted by theQueen about the samedate. A remarkable fea-ture about the silvers,besides their massivetrunks, is the fact thatthey never get raggedat the top. Additionalleaders, according to wont, of course they will throw up; buteven so, they seem almost to feather up to a point. At a dis-tance it is hard to distinguish these trees from the spruces, whichattain almost similar magnitude — the soil being just suited totheir habits, its very shallowness encouraging growth by com-pelling surface-rootage ; and how far the roots extend is oftenenough seen when some veteran, blown down by a gale, displaysan up-wrenched root-area whose diameter may be thirty feet. Gowhere you will, landward, you are confronted by silvers and. ifc*5*-. i . SCOTCH FIR, 125 FEET HIGH Inveraray 527
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