10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCOTS FIR»
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Glasgow and Its Clubs: Or Glimpses of the Condition, ...
Depones — That he is of opinion that fir can be brought from North America to
Greenock cheaper than Scots fir can be brought from Lochaber to that place ; but
he is of opinion that Scots fir can be brought from any place within the Clough of ...
2
THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE
Thin moor soil, with a hard bottom, or poor and stiff clay, with a wet bottom, are
soils where the larch will not grow profitably. The Scots fir may be felled and used
for drop-wood, spar-wood, and timber trees : at sixty years old it has often to be ...
3
The
Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany
200,000 At DoNlBRISTLr, County rfFife ; and Dobke, County of Pcrlli. 1,813,200
Ai. Doune, the soil is gravel, mixed with a sandy clay, in which oak, larch, and
Scots fir, grow well. Situation from 100 to 400 feet above the level of the sea.
Total at ...
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Transactions: With an Abstract of the Proceedings at General ...
ed from another country. — But there is good reafon for thinking, that the Scots fir
or pine was antiently an indigenous tree in South, as it is to this day in North
Britain. * Nor need we recur to any fuch diftant and extraordinary event as the
deluge ...
Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1803
The cembran pine is well adapted for high altitudes, being a native of alpine
regions; and lanted in Scotland at an elevation of 1700 feet, it has maintaine its
dark-green hue from the first, while the common Scots fir has had its foliage
yellowed ...
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Prize-essays and Transactions of the Highland and ...
In the lower and more level part of this, the soil is a rich brown and black loam,
with a rocky and clayey bottom; and the plants used are oak and other hard_
wood, with a mixture of larches, spruce and Scots fir. In the higher places, which
form ...
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, 1831
7
Prize Essays and Transactions of the Highland Society of ...
In the lower and more level part of this, the soil is a rich brown and black loam,
with a rocky and clayey bottom; and the plants used are oak and other hardwood,
with a mixture of larches, spruce and Scots fir. In the higher places, which form ...
8
Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of ...
In the lower and more level part of this, the soil is a rich brown and black loam,
with a rocky and clayey bottom.; and the plants used arc oak and other hardwood
, with a-mixture of larches, spruce and Scots fir. In the higher places, which form ...
Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, 1831
9
Transactions: Of the Highland and Agricultural Society of ...
COLLECTING THE SEEDS OF THE SCOTS FIR OR PINUS SYLVESTRIS FROM
NATIVE TREES IN SCOTLAND. To the Person in Scotland who shall, between
30th October 1836 and 30th October 1840, have collected and sown, or sold for ...
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, 1737
10
The Clans, Septs & Regiments of the Scottish Highlands
Red Whortleberry Hazel * Cumin Plant Boxwood Holly * Scots Fir * . Pine* .
Poplar * Broom Yew Ivy* . Spurge Laurel Pine (Scots Fir) * Juniper Mistletoe * .
Cotton Grass Broom Great Bulrush * Red Hawthorn Oak . Crab-apple Tree Rue .
Frank Adam, Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, 1970
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCOTS FIR»
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Scots fir is 'tallest tree in UK'
A Douglas Fir in Argyll has been named the UK's tallest tree by a team of experts, who climbed to the top. At 63.79m (209ft) the Stronardon Douglas Fir near ... «BBC News, Feb 09»
