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III. Grevillea robusta. — Cromla, Corrie. Planted 

 spring of 1896. Growing vigorously. 



IV. Lomatia ferruginea. — Cromla, Corrie. Planted 

 March 1895. Made good shoots in the autumn. This 

 plant much resembles Grevillea rohiista, but is much darker 

 in hue, and its fronds more spiny and robust. Mr. Fullar- 

 ton, Glencairn, Greenock, drew my attention to it as 

 growing at Levanne Castle, Gourock. He writes : " It 

 grows alongside of the front door, and is protected by 

 projecting eaves. The house is close to the seashore, the 

 sub-soil gravel. It bloomed during a recent hot summer." 

 Uninjured by winter 1894—95. Unprotected. 



V. Ehododendron Gibsoni. — Cromla, Corrie. Planted 

 1892. Neither leaves nor flower- buds were touched by 

 winter of 1894-95. This is one of the free growing, 

 small leaved, large flowered (white) Indian rhododendrons. 

 It is often seen in greenhouses. It has been a magnificent 

 success. 



The hybrid Indian tree-rhododendrons, from 10 to 14 

 feet in height, bloom most gorgeously at Whitehouse, 

 Lamlash. The original species, R. arhorca, grows at 

 Cromla, Corrie, and at Strathwhellan, Brodick. They did 

 not bloom till more than thirty years of age, and even 

 since then sparingly. The most waxy of the whole, 

 it. Thomsoni, blooms at Benmore, Argyllshire, and at 

 Kelburn, Largs, and would succeed in Arran. B. Falconeri 

 blooms occasionally at Pow and Greenock. 



EUCALYPTS IN SCOTLAND.* 



" It is remarkable that, with the exception of one in the 

 Island of Timor, one in that of New Guinea, and two in 

 Molucca, all the eucalypts, according to Index Kewensis — 

 two hundred and thirteen in number, are natives of 

 Australia, including Tasmania." — Birkbeck. 



As the eucalypt is a most interesting tree, it was 

 desirable to determine the species best adapted for Great 

 Britain. In the case of a few the climate of Arran is not 

 sufficiently severe to test them. Assistance, however, has 

 most kindly been given by Mr. Birkbeck, proprietor of 

 Lochhournhead ; Mr. Garrett, gardener at Whittinge- 

 * In the order of hardiness. 



