528 TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. LX. 



girth, 11^ feet. " The favourite evergreen in Japan. Used 

 for avenues. Delights in shaded and rather moist situa- 

 tions." — Mueller. 



Shrubs. 



I. Acacia melanoxylon. — Grew perfectly for years. 

 Cut to the ground last winter. Now dead, 1896. Two 

 were lost by being blown down. 



II. Ampelopsis sempekvirens (Evergreen Virginian 

 Creeper). — Cooper Lodge, Whiting Bay. Luxuriant. 



III. Arundixakia falcata (Indian Xingala Bamboo). — 

 Mr. Clark's, South End. 1896. 



IV. Azalea amoena. — Cromla. Planted 1882. Cir- 

 cumference of branches, 10 feet. Blooms most abundantly. 



V. Brachychiton DiVERSiFOLiUM (Bottle Tree). — Craigard, 

 Lamlash. First planted 1888 ; second planted 1891. Both 

 died during the first winter. Might succeed on drier soil. 



VI. BuDDLEiA GLOBOSA (Chilian Orange Ball Tree). — 

 Whiting Bay, Lamlash (19 feet high), Brodick, etc. All 

 cut to near the ground. 



VII. Camellia alba plena. — Blooms. 



VIII. Casuarina equiseti folia (Swamp Oak of Aus- 

 tralia). Brodick Castle High Garden. Planted 1882. 

 Grew well for several years. 



IX. Ceanothus. — Cooper Lodge, Whiting Bay. Several 

 kinds. Bloom abundantly. 



X. Choisya ternata (Mexican Orange Flower). Cooper 

 Lodge, Whiting Bay. LJ^ninjured. Blooms abundantly. 



XL CoNVOLVOLUS Cneorum. — Cooper Lodge, Whiting 

 Bay. Blooms. I'ninjured. 



XII. Cytisus albus (Portugal White Broom). — Cromla, 

 Corrie. Purchased under the name Sparto- cytisus dunts 

 alhub. Planted 1874. Against a wall — height, 17 feet; 

 girth, 6 inches. Bloomed most abundantly. Died in 

 1896, seemingly of old age. 



XIII. Desfontainea spinosa (Colombia Flowering 

 Holly). — Cromla. Planted 1865. Height, 9 feet 10 

 inches; girth, 1 ibot 5 inches (2 inches from the ground); 

 circumference of branches, 21 feet. Blooms most freely, 

 June and onward. Three flowers still, 10th February 

 1896. Uninjured. 



