292 A WEST OF SCOTLAND GARDEN. [Sess. LXXII. 
under the following headings: Introduction, Climate and 
Position, Bulbs, Herbaceous and Rockery Plants, Heaths and 
Lilies, Flowering Shrubs, Roses, Ornamental Shrubs, Grasses 
and Climbers, Hardy Shrubs and Trees, Bamboos, Birds. 
The Introduction states that the garden was laid out in 
the beginning of last century by Mr. Angus, who was then 
proprietor. The Rev. Dr. Campbell of Row, a clergyman 
very highly respected by all who had the pleasure of his 
acquaintance, came to Achnashie in 1869, and died there in 
1872. By him, and afterwards by his widow, who resided 
there till 1881, trees and shrubs were added. In 1884 three 
sons who were then the joint proprietors of Achnashie came 
home on leave from India. 
A feu of several acres of land adjoining allowed of the 
Achnashie grounds being laid out to much greater advantage 
and further improved by the planting of clumps and belts 
of conifers and other trees. In 1898 Sir James M. Camp- 
bell, then the sole proprietor, came home finally from India, 
and from that time resided at Achnashie until his death in 
1903. He spared neither time nor money in developing the 
place to the utmost. The result is that Achnashie is now, 
in many respects, the most remarkable garden of the West of 
Scotland. 
The garden and grounds face the east and are open to the 
sun in the south. They are most exposed to the N.W. 
winds, and sometimes suffer a good deal from them. There 
is an average yearly rainfall of 55 inches. In the great cold 
of 1894-5 the thermometer sank to 6° when at the Queen’s 
Park, Glasgow, it was 2° below zero; and at Lamlash, Isle 
of Arran, 22° above it. The soil is rather heavy and some- 
what peaty ; but it is thoroughly drained. 
Butzps.— These begin with snowdrops and winter aconite, 
both of them flowering in the end of January; crocuses, 
scillas and chionodoxas in February and early March; dog’s 
tooth violets, grape hyacinths, and early yellow daffodils in 
March ; yellow daffodils of all kinds in full glory in early 
April; white narcissus and tulips in the end of April; and 
bluebells in May. These bulbs, in all their varieties, are 
planted throughout the grounds, with the result that the 
garden and orchard and the field from the middle of April 
