Australian and New Zealand Plants in Arran. 195 



Eucalyptus Gunnii (Mountain White Gum), Lamlash, 

 3 feet 10 inches in height. 



Eucalyptus alplna (Alpine Gum), Corrie, 3 feet in 

 lieight. 



With the exception of the blue and the alpine, these 

 species are also growing at the Eev. Dr Story's, Eose- 

 neath ; Mr Scoular's, Tighnabruaich ; and at Ballinakill, 

 Kintyre. Their hardihood will thus be further tested. 

 In Arran not a leaf of the White Gum {E. coriacca) was 

 even browned in the severe winter of 1879-80. This 

 year at the Forestry Exhibition I saw branches of these 

 and other species from Antibes, in tlie south-west coast 

 of France. They were not a whit more luxuriant than 

 similar branches in Arran, though the rate of growth at 

 Antibes is three or four times greater. 



Cabbage Trees. — The Cordylines are favourite plants 

 in Australia, avenues being formed of them, as at 

 Ballarat Botanic Garden. They grow in Arran in the 

 utmost luxuriance, and have never been even browned by 

 frost. 



Cordyline inddvisa, 12 feet 10 inches high (including 

 leaves), 1 foot 5 inches girth 18 inches from the ground ; 

 leaves 3 feet 10 inches in length, 2 inches in breadth. 



Cordyline Veitchii, 9 feet 11 inches high, 1 foot 4 inches 

 girth at 12 inches from the ground ; leaves 2 feet 11 inches 

 in length by If inch broad. 



Cordyline australis, 9 feet 7 inches high, 11 inches 

 girth at 12 inches from the ground ; leaves 3 feet 7 inches 

 long and 1\ inch broad. 



As these Cordylines are in perfect health and growing 

 rapidly, it may be expected that they will bloom ere long. 

 The specimen of C. indivisa was sown in 1872 ; the others 

 were received from a friend at a later date. 



Tree Ferns. — So far as I am aware, the island of Arran 

 is the only place in Britain where Tree Ferns, altogether 

 unprotected, grow luxuriantly in the open air. Three 

 species have been tried. Cyatliea dealbata stood a 

 winter, but was stolen the following summer. The two 

 growing at present are Dicksonia a7itarctica, 1 foot 

 11 inches high, girth 2 feet 3 inches ; its crown consists of 

 sixteen fronds, each about 5h feet in length by 1 foot 



