Dec. 1905.] THE EXTRA-TROPICAL TREES OF ARRAN. 149 
winter at Tighnabruaich was 19° F. 1905 (August)—height, 
54 feet ; spread, 22 feet; girth, 3 feet 9 inches at 5 feet. 
2. Craigandarroch, Blairmore, Argyllshire.—Planted about 
1896. 1905—height, 30 feet; girth, 2 feet 4 inches at 5 feet. 
3. Cromla, Corrie—Sown 1902; south of England seed. 
Planted April 1905. 1905 (July)—height, 7 feet 6 inches ; 
girth, 2 inches at 1 foot 6 inches from ground. 
4. The Lodge, Whiting Bay.—Several trees. Height of 
the tallest, 30 feet. Yearly polled. The branches: are 
sent to the eminent physician, Sir Alfred Cooper, London, 
the owner of The Lodge. 
X. Hucalyptus botryoides (white mahogany).—New South 
Wales and Queensland. “One of the most stately of 
Euealypts” (Miller). ‘‘Stands more frost in winter than 
E., globulus—less in spring. More excitable” (Birkbeck). 
Cromla, Corrie.—Planted 1896. Grew well for several 
years. Killed, as also a plant of #. coccifera, by the sap of 
a large dungstead formed on the opposite side of a wall and 
on a higher level. 
XI. Eucalyptus rudis (slender). — Western Australia. 
Height, 80 feet. “ River-banks and around swamps” 
(Miller). The foliage of this species is very beautiful—pinky 
blue softened by a pleasing bloom. ‘The tree the gift of 
Mr. Birkbeck. 
Cromla, Corrie—The only example in the open air in 
Scotland. Planted 1887. 1895—height, 14 feet; girth, 
5 inches at 5 feet. Cut to the ground by the frost of 
1894-5, but sprouted from the root. 1905—height, 22 
feet; girth, 8 inches at 5 feet. 
XII. Eucalyptus regnans (the giant Eucalypt).—s.E. 
Australia. “Sheltered and well-watered forest glens. The 
tallest tree in the world. <A tree of this species cut in the 
Otway Range, Victoria, had a height of 415 feet, and another 
tree hada girth of 56 feet at 5 feet” (Miller). This tree is 
by many naturalists regarded as a variety of £. amygdalina ; 
but in foliage and style of growth they altogether differ. 
LE. regnans is also more delicate than £. globulus. 
Cromla, Corrie.—Planted 1892. The only example in 
Scotland in the open air. The gift of Mr, Birkbeck. 1894 
(autumn)—height, 10 feet 5 inches. Cut to the ground by 
the frost of the following winter, but sprouted from the 
base. 1905—height, 13 feet; girth, 34 inches at 5 feet. 
