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VI. A Description of a Fossil Tree discovered in the Quarry of Craigleith, near Edinburgh, in the month of November 1830; with a Short Account of a Fragment and Branch found in 1831

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

Henry Witham Esq.
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In the month of November 1830, a small portion of a magnificent fossil stem was discovered in the quarry of Craigleith, in this vicinity, and more and more of it was brought into view as the working of the quarry proceeded.

In December following, I communicated to the Natural History Society of Northumberland a description of that part of the petrifaction which had then been uncovered. This description will appear in their Transactions.

At that period a considerable part of the stem had been brought into view, and since that time the remaining portion, and the roots, have been exposed.

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Research Article
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , 1834 , pp. 147 - 152
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1834

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page 152 note * In August 1831, another portion of a fossil has been discovered within a few yards of the fragment of the third fossil stem. An horizontal slice of this, 4 inches long and as many broad, shews the concentric zones of the wood in a very marked manner; and a longitudinal section of the same exhibits distinctly the circular elevations, equal to about half the breadth of the elongated cellules. Here, then, the very remarkable organization of the walls of the woody tissue of recent Coniferæ are exhibited more satisfactorily than in any of those plants hitherto discovered in or below the coalfield proper.