298 A WEST OF SCOTLAND GARDEN. (Sess. Lxxi. 
till 1896, when my brother, Sir James M. Campbell, who was 
at home from India for a short time and was living at 
Achnashie, got a plant of Arundinaria japonica (métaké) 
from the Rey. Dr. Watson, Largo. 
“Two years later, when my brother retired from the Indian 
Service and settled at Achnashie, he procured a considerable 
number of other bamboos of different kinds. Of these one 
or two failed, being unsuitable, or not suiting the places in 
which they were planted; but the rest did well. Encouraged 
by this, several more were got in 1900 and 1901, and two in 
1905—thus raising the number of species or varieties to a 
quarter of a hundred.” I give the notes regarding a few. 
Arundinaria (Thamnocalamus) Faleoneri.—Planted 1885. 
1906—height, 20 feet 34 inches; circumference, 20 feet at 
5 feet. It stood 26 degrees of frost in 1895 without injury. 
Arundinaria nitida.—Planted 1900. October 1906— 
height, 9 feet 6 inches. By far the daintiest and most 
attractive of all its genus, and also exceptionally hardy. 
Arundinaria japonica (métaké).—Planted 1896. 1906— 
height, 10 feet 8 inches; circumference, 13 feet. 
Arundinaria Hindsii.—Planted 1901, transplanted 1905. 
1906—height. 7 feet. 
Bambusa fastuosa.—Planted 1900. 1906—height, 8 feet 
8 inches. “This very stately and noble plant stands out 
quite conspicuously among its fellows.” See Bamboo Garden, 
p. 105. 
Lambusa nana.—Planted 1901. 1906—height, 3 feet 
6 inches. 
Lambusa palmata.—Planted 1898. 1906—height, 5 feet 
6 inches; circumference, 13 feet. Very flourishing. It is 
conspicuous for the great size of its leaves. 
Phyllostachys aurea.—Flanted 1898. 1906—height, 8 
feet 9 inches. 
Phyllostachys Henonis.—Planted 1900. 1906—height, 
10 feet; circumference, 12 feet. ‘The embodiment of 
every grace to which plant life is heir.” See Bamboo 
Garden, p. 149. 
Phyllostachys mitis.—Planted 1898, transplanted. 1906— 
height, 7 feet. “In pride of stature this is the noblest of all 
the bamboos generally cultivated in our country ” (Britain). 
See Bamboo Garden, p. 117. 
