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ground by frost in 1860, is now more than 60 feet in height, 

 and matures seed, which, having been sown by Mr Lindsay 

 at the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, has germinated, so that 

 we have now Scottish-bred trees of this species, which may 

 be expected to be even more accommodating to a Scottish 

 climate than their parent. Mr Stewart informs me that in 

 New Zealand he found that, while somewhat straggling 

 when left to its natural growth, if topped it acquires a 

 weeping habit and becomes a beautiful tree. It grows 

 vigorously at Captain Brown's, Lamlash. One was planted 

 last year at the Free "Church Manse, Whiting Bay, where its 

 power to resist the sea breeze will be tested. 



The Coccus-bearing Gum {Eucalyptus coccifera, Tasmania, 

 at an elevation of 3000 feet). — The leaves of this plant 

 when young are not unlike in colour, shape, bloom, and 

 substance to box, only much larger, being about the size of 

 a penny. It is, so far as yet known, the most hardy of all 

 the gum trees. A plant of it grows in perfection at Captain 

 Brown's, Lamlash ; there is another at Clachaig, near Lagg, 

 where its power of resisting the sea breeze will be ascer- 

 tained. The flowers are purple. At Powderham Castle, 

 Devonshire, there is a tree, said to be of this species, m^ore 

 than 60 feet in height and 9 in girtli.'"" 



The Crimson Gum {Eucalyptus ficifolia, South-Eastern 

 Australia). — I have ventured to name this species popularly 

 for this country as " the (Jrimson Gum," because of its crim- 

 son Howers. Two other species have crimson flowers, but 

 this is the only one of them likely to be cultivated in 

 ]>ritain. I owe to the kindness of a friend a specimen 

 lit' tliis gorgeous tree. It is now in the greenhouse of 

 another friend, as till I have the pleasure of seeing it 

 ill bloom I will not venture it, even in Arran, in tlie open 

 air. When planted it must be ])laced in as warm and 

 sheltered a spot as possible. 



Tlie Giant Gum {Eucalyptus amygdalina, New South 

 Wales, Victoria, Tasmania). — The peppermint tree of Tas- 

 mania, the stringy bark and Gippsland box of New South 

 Wales, the r(;d ^nmi, ;ind also the mountain ash of Victoria, 

 whei(; in (ii}»)»slaiid (south-east of Australia, tlu; part of 

 Australifi whicli in climate and productions most reseml)les 



* Ouid. (Jhron., vol. xi., 1879, p. 113, fig. xviii. 



