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hame, Haddingtonshire ; the Established and Free Church 

 ministers at Eoseneath, Dumbartonshire ; Mr. Cousland, 

 Craigandaraich, Tighnabruaich, Argyllshire ; and Mr. FuUar- 

 ton, Glencairn, Greenock. 



Lochhournhead, as the name denotes, is at the head of 

 Loch Hourn (lat. 57° 1'), and is surrounded by lofty 

 mountains, average rainfall over 100 inches. "SVhittinge- 

 hame is 384 feet above sea-level, and is three and a half 

 miles from the sea, the sub-soil sand and gravel. The 

 winter temperature of Whittingehame and Lochhournhead 

 is similar, as in both the thermometer fell last year (1894- 

 95) to zero. The cold of Eoseneath and Tighnabruaich 

 is intermediate between the mildness of Arran and the 

 severity of Lochhournhead and Whittingehame ; the lowest 

 temperature at Tighnabruaich in 1804-95 being 17" on 

 9th February. The Established Church Manse at Eose- 

 neath is close to the sea, and almost on a level with it as 

 is Craigandaraich, Tighnabruaich. The Free Church Manse 

 at Eoseneath is half a mile from the sea, and about 150 

 feet above it. 



L Eucalyptus Whittingehameii secundus (Grown from 

 seed matured at Whittingehame). — 1. Sown 1885. 

 Height, 20 feet. " Has not lost a leaf, though the tempera- 

 ture was twice at zero." — Mr. Garrett. 



2. Lochhournhead. " Flowered when five years old. 

 Largest trees about 9 feet high. Eather cut by winter 

 1894-95." — Birkbeck. 



3. Cromla, Corrie. Planted 1896. It had stood 

 1894-95 as a standard at Kihnarnock. In the severest 

 weather it had a covering of paper. 



E. Whittingehameii secmulus is the first eucalypt raised 

 in Britain from home-grown seed. Eegarding these seed- 

 lings Mr. Lindsay, Eoyal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 

 wrote in 1895: "I am glad that a few seeds from the 

 eucalypt at Whittingehame have germinated. We may 

 expect among them types hardier than their parent." 

 How satisfactorily this prophecy has been fulfilled appears 

 from Mr. Garrett's statement. See Eucalypt II. 



II. Eucalyptus Whittingehameii primus (from Austra- 

 lian seed). — Sown 1845. Height about 70 feet; girth, 

 12 feet 5 inches, at 2^ feet. Lost all its leaves. See 



