saw in Scotland. The Irish Juniper (Juniperus . 
made a column 20 feet high, and a specimen of the 
common Savin was 10 feet high and covered a space 30 feet in 
diameter. 
Near the Palace are some immense specimens of common trees. 
A Sycamore . us) said to have been planted by 
Mary, Queen of Scots, is still alive but somewhat of a wreck ; its 
trunk, roughly, is about 6 feet in diameter. A gigantic Populm 
deltoidea, the North American "Cottonwood," is 15 feet in girth of 
Kinfauns Castle. 
The castle of Kinfauns, built on a historic site, occupies a 
delightful position a few miles out of Perth. It is somewhat 
elevated above the valley of the River Tay and behind it rises a 
magnificent amphitheatre of hills. The gardening here, both 
indoor and outdoor, is very good, the greenhouses containing for 
their size a better collection of well-grown plants than I saw else- 
where. The garden is a delightful spot, especially above the 
house, where it occupies a valley with sloping lawns running 
down to a brook in the middle and dotted with fine old trees. 
Conifers are well grown and vigorous, but not many are exceptional 
in size as these trees go in Perthshire. P !/r ,ts ,■</>,„■!< folia, one of 
the White Beam trees native of Britain but now rare in a wild 
aere 60 feet high, its trunk 7 feet in circumference. 
^"" v " x Turnrri was 45 feet high— loftier than I have noticed 
eU'whnv. ami ;t specimen of the variegated common Oak was 
illy well coloured. A fine Sycamore over 100 feet high 
and a Canadian Hemlock Spruce are also features of the place. 
LENY. 
Situated about one mile from Callander, and not far from the 
- Leny occupies a positio beaut v. To 
botanists it is a place of more than ordinary interest in being the 
: 
■ He lived at Lenv after he retired from 
atendentship of the Botanic Gardens at Calcutta in 1816, 
there thirteen years later. Some of the present walks 
be wA g v Un S T 6re Planned and mad e by him. Leny now 
cknXml^L^ ' Mr - Hamilt ° n Buch ^ an > <* ief ° f the 
t£V?SE! f6atUre ° f the ^ rou ^ at Leny is the "glen." 
nil behind tw !f qUe g ? rge WOrn out of ^ face of a steep 
and t^ltu^l^^™^ * burn pursues a rugged 
=^ra!^ 
■ft St£\^^^ ^ e ^ 
y Dy Wall *ch, his successor at the Calcutta 
