196 Eev. D. Laudsboroiigli on 



inches in breadth. Dicksonia squarrosa, 1 inches higb, 

 10 inches in girth, fronds 2 feet 8 inches in length by 

 1 foot 3 inches in breadth. Dicksonia antarctica was 

 planted in 1867, when it was very small — about the size 

 of a plant of Gystopteris fragilis. It was ten years 

 before the stem began to grow in height, having in 

 this time acquired its full girth. Dicksonia squarrosa 

 was planted in 1877, and had then a stem about 

 4 inches in height. It is in a colder situation than 1). 

 antarctica, and was accidently much injured a summer 

 ago. 



Todea superba and Todea hymenophylloides both grow 

 well. 



Beefivoods. — Casuarina cquisetifolia (He-Oak), 10 feet 

 lOj inches in height, was planted in 1882, when it was 

 8| feet high. I hope by another year to try G. quadri- 

 valvis (She-Oak), and C. suherosa (Cork Oak), of both of 

 which I have specimens. 



Fittosporums. — Pittosporum tenuifoliuni, planted this 

 year in Brodick Castle High Garden. 



Brambles. — Bubus australis, planted this year in the 

 High Garden, Brodick Castle, on a north wall, where it is 

 growing admirably, and has a more tropical appearance 

 than any plant in the garden, its leaves being even finer 

 than those of Aralia VeitcJiii, and much more curious, as 

 they are studded over with little white prickles. They 

 would form a beautiful fringe to a bouquet. If abundant 

 in Australia, its innumerable prickles must render it a 

 perfect torment in the bush, for they are sharp and turned 

 back, and will catch and hold and tear. 



Wattles. — Acacia melanoxylon (the Black-wood of 

 Australia). This tree, so valuable as an ornamental 

 timber in Australia, had not a leaf browned by the severe 

 winters four or five years ago. It grew most luxuriantly, 

 which proved its destruction, as it was blown over by the 

 storms of last winter. A. pycnantha (Golden or Broad- 

 leaf Wattle), a young plant in Captain Brown's garden, 

 Lamlash, is uninjured. A. decurrens (Green or Feather- 

 leaf Wattle), 5 feet in height, in Captain Brown's garden, 

 Lamlash. This is a most beautiful plant. 



The Bottle Tree (Brachychiton diversifolium) , — This 



