150 THE EXTRA-TROPICAL TREES OF ARRAN.  [Szss. LXxx. 
Various Exrra-TROPICAL TREES AND SHRUBS 
GROWING IN ARRAN. 
I. Acacia decurrens (Sydney feather-leaf or fan-wattle). 
—New South Wales and Southern Queensland. Height, 
30 feet. The Arran plant was the first of the species to 
be planted in Scotland in the open air. Arran is still its 
only Scottish habitat. 
The leaf of this acacia is specially tender, airy, and elegant, 
and has larger leaflets and at longer intervals than any 
other acacia. It is the most beautiful leaf in Arran. A 
notice of the Arran plant which Baron Miiller happened 
to see led him to send a letter to the writer about it. The 
original plant died, but there are now two at Corrie. Perfect 
shelter and a moist atmosphere develop the leaf in fullest 
beauty. “It is hardier than Lucalyptus globulus” (Miiller). 
1. Craigard, Lamlash.—Planted 1882. Height in 1892, 
12 feet; girth, 1 foot 32 inches at 5 feet; circumference 
of branches, 57 feet. Died in 1892 without apparent cause. 
Never bloomed. 
2. Cromla, Corrie-—Sown 1900; planted 1902. 1905— 
height, 8 feet; girth, 2 inches at 23 feet. 
3. Corrie Hotel—Sown 1900; planted 1903. Situation 
not so sheltered as at Cromla. 
II. Agalma tomentosum (Araliacee).—Planted 1883. This 
is a very singular plant. The leaves resemble those of the 
horse-chestnut. It was sent me from the Royal Botanic 
Garden, Edinburgh. 1895—height, 9 feet 7 inches; girth, 
5% inches at 5 feet; length of leaf-stalk, 2 feet 3 inches; 
breadth of leaf, 2 feet 14 inches. 1905—height, 23 feet 
31 inches; girth, 13 inches at 5 feet. Never bloomed. I have 
not seen this tree elsewhere in the open air. 
Ill. Araucaria imbricata (monkey puzzle)—Chili and 
Patagonia. Height, 150 feet. “Agrees with the moist 
atmosphere of the sea-coast.” ‘‘It is the only tree from the. 
southern hemisphere which, save in exceptional cireum- 
stances, attains in Britain the size of timber.” 
1. Brodick Castle.—Planted 1854 or 1855. 1895—girth, 
4 feet 111 inches at 5 feet. 1905—height, 55 feet; spread, 
28 feet ; girth, 6 feet at 5 feet. 
2. Blairbeg (Dr Fullarton’s), Lamlash (fronting the pier). 
