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at the entrance to which the party was met by Mr Anderson, 

 head gardener. The gay profusion of flowers and foliage seen 

 here were greatly admired, and one's only regret was that time 

 did not permit one to dwell longer amongst odours so sweet and 

 colours so gorgeous. The vegetable garden and greenhouses 

 were next inspected. Here one saw with what remarkable 

 skill such fruits as apples, pears, and grapes were cultivated. 

 These were of marvellous size and colour, and gave the 

 impression that nothing finer could be imported from any 

 other country. 



Leaving the gardens we came immediately upon the famous 

 eucalyptus tree, the progeny of which we had already seen in 

 the nursery and in the grounds in the immediate vicinity of 

 the gardens. Its age is said to be 71 years, and its circumfer- 

 ence about 2 feet from the ground is 16 ft. i in. Reference is 

 made to this particular tree in the Trees of Great Britain and 

 Ireland^ by Elwes and Henry, where it is given the name of 

 Eucalyptus Whittingehamejisis. The following is an extract : — 

 " A tree raised at Whittingehame, Scotland, from seed which 

 was probably obtained in Tasmania. This differs usually from 

 typical E. Gunnii in the absence of glaucous bloom on the 

 branchlets and the leaves of the adult plant. 



**This tree is considered by Maiden, who has seen branchlets 

 both of the parent tree and of its seedlings, to be E. Gunnii) 

 but it does not match any of the specimens in the Kew 

 herbarium, ... It resembles E. Acervula in the absence of 

 glaucous bloom on the branchlets and in the size and shape of 

 the leaves ; but has only three flowers in each umbel and bears 

 different fruit. It is certainly not E. urnifera. Seedlings of the 

 parent tree show considerable variation in the foliage, which 

 in some specimens, together with the branchlets and flowers, 

 is glaucous; and this points to a hybrid origin. Moreover, 

 some of the seedlings at least are considerably hardier than the 

 parent. I have not been able to make a study of the seedling 

 trees in the fruiting stage ; but I suspect that the Whittingehame 

 tree is a hybrid, with E. Gun?iii as one of the parents. The 

 peculiar urn-like shape of the fruit suggests the probability 

 of E. urnifera being the other parent, though the tree at 

 Whittingehame does not resemble the latter in foliage. (A. H.)." 



Particular attention was paid to four trees growing in the 

 policies which were raised from seed from the foregoing tree. 



