140 THE EXTRA-TROPICAL TREES OF ARRAN. [Szss, ixx. 
the crown being proportionally poor; and the bright green 
colour of frond, so attractive in Arran, was awanting. 
Chamerops ( Trachycarpus) (hair fan-palms).—* Hair ” refers 
to the hair-like fibres which clothe the stem. 
There are three species of fan-palm which succeed in 
Arran: 1st, the Chinese or Japanese ;. 2nd, the Chusan (island 
on the coast of China, lat. 30°); 3rd, the palm of Gibraltar. 
The second by many naturalists is regarded as a variety of 
the first. For practical purposes, however, it is distinct, being 
more elegant, the frond-stalks longer and more slender, and 
the fan finer in texture and darker in hue. I may add it is 
more delicate. In this paper I treat it as distinct. 
I. Chamerops (Trachycarpus) excelsa (China and Japan 
fan-palm).—Height, 20 feet. Cordage made from the fibre of 
the leaves is water-proof, and almost rot-proof, and is exten- 
sively used by the Chinese for various purposes—coats, mats, 
ete. (Island of Formosa—J. W. Davidson, F.R.G.S., 1903, 
pp. 532-533.) 
1. Ardchapel, Shandon, Gareloch.—The late Professor Swan, 
of the Natural Philosophy chair, St. Andrews, who after his 
retiral lived at Ardchapel, has the credit of having been the 
first in Scotland to plant a palm in the open air. Till 1898 
it was left in its natural condition—that is, the dead fronds, 
which remain persistent, covered the stem to the ground. 
In some respects their removal is an improvement, in others 
it is the opposite. It is to be hoped that one of those in 
Arran, say the one at Cromla, near to the gate, will be 
allowed to retain its natural dress. Planted about 1866. 
1895—girth of stem not easily determined, owing to the 
covering of dead fronds; height, 8 feet 3 inches; leaf-stalk, 
2 feet 8 inches; breadth of lamina, 4 feet 2inches. Bloomed 
in 1881. 1905—height, 11 feet 1 inch; girth, 3 feet 8 inches. 
at 5 feet ; leaf-stalk, 2 feet 8 inches; breadth of lamina, 3 feet. 
2. Craigard, Lamlash.—Sown 1884; planted 1886. 1895— 
height of stem, 3 inches; girth, 1 foot; spread, 2 feet 6 inches ; 
leaf-stalk, 8 inches; breadth of lamina, 2 feet 6 inches. 
1905—height of stem, 2 feet 10 inches; full height, 6 feet. 
104 inches; girth, 2 feet 63 inches at 1 foot; spread, 8 feet 
4 inches; length of leaf-stalk, 3 feet; breadth of lamina, 
3 feet 2 inches. 
3. Whitefarland, N. W. of Arran (south garden).—Planted 
