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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 3361/2/89
TitleBundle 89
Date19th century
Extent1 bundle
DescriptionForestry papers. Including:

List of seeds sent home from California by Mr Robert Burnett in 1859. Pine and cypress.

List and valuation of plants in Crathes nursery, 12 November 1869.

Copy of report on present state of various woods on the Leys estate, by George Cardew, Aberdeen, September 1870.

Drawings and measurements of three trees at Crathes Castle (2 douglas pines planted in 1849 and a wellingtonia planted in 1858) 1865.

Report on woods and plantations on estate of Crathes by William Gilchrist, forester and wood surveyor, Cluny, 1877.

Report as to the present state of plantations upon estates of Crathes Castle and supposed way in which they should be managed for their present as wel las their future welfare, by William Brown, forester, 5 February 1850.

Note of the extent of woodlands planted on the estate of Leys, 1852-56.

Number and value of trees blown down on estate of Leys, 28 December 1879.

Letter from William Gilchrist to Sir Robert Burnett, bt. Cluny Castle, Aberdeen, 21 November 1876.

Gives his opinion on planting of Trustach Hill and on cutting the old wood. With specifications for planting a portion of Trustach Hill, November 1876.

Statement showing extent, age and character of crops of plantations on estate of Leys as in 1878.
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