Ixvi Proceedings of the Botanical Society 



III. On a Eucalyptus globulus grmving in the Kyles of Bidc^ 

 By Mr Andrew Taylok. 



Mr Taylor read a letter from Colonel Campbell, South Ilall, 

 Colintraive, Argyllshire, describing a fine EacahjiAus glohnlKs 

 growing in his garden : — " The plant was grown from seed sent 

 from Australia by one of my tenants residing about two miles from 

 South Hall nine years ago. It was then in a flower-pot, about 

 3 feet high and three years old. Little attention was paid to the 

 plant. It was left out in winter without any protection, and the 

 frost has never aflfected it. The present height (December 15, 1880) 

 is 45 feet 9 inches, the girth 6 inches from the ground is 33 inches, 

 girth 5 feet from the ground 28| inches. It forms itself into two 

 branches of equal size, 6 feet from the ground. It is rather bare of 

 small branches for 15 feet, some of which have died off, but the 

 upper part is very vigorous and healthy. Some flowers appeared 

 ixpon it in 1879, bu^t none during last summer. I have never 

 succeeded here in growing the plant except from the seed. 



" Mr Johnstone (Inverleith Xurseries) sent some of the twigs to 

 Mr Smith of Kew Gardens, with what appeared to be seed adhering 

 to them. I send you his reply. Mr Smith writes, March 22, 

 1880 : — k\\\jiiQ Eucalyjitu.'i globulus (unprotected) in the neighbour- 

 hood of London had been killed ; that he does not know any such 

 specimen in England as that at Colintraive, and that the bodies 

 called by Mr Johnstone embryo flower buds are the flower-stalks of 

 last year's flowers." Colonel Campbell had raised some plants of 

 the Eucalyptus from seed got from Edinburgh last summer. They 

 were planted out in the autumn, but the frost of October appears 

 to have killed them all, though the old tree has not suff"ered. 



The garden at South Hall has a good exposure to the south, is 

 well sheltered, and stands about 25 feet above the sea level. Two 

 large Camellias and a Kalmia have grown in the open without any 

 protection, and have flowered regularly for upwards of twenty years. 

 They stand close to the Eucalyptus, f 



IV. Notes on Open-Air Vegetation and Temperatures at the 

 Royal Botanic Garden. By Mr Sadler, Curator. 



* See Proc. Bot. Soc. p. liii. 



t The tree succumbed this winter after bearing fruit. 



