STONEFIELD 



ARGYLLSHIRE 



(ELO FAVENTE weather permitting 

 the shores of Clyde and the Kyles of 

 Bute present constantly shifting scenes 

 of beauty to those who go down to the 

 sea in the fine ships the lona, the 

 Columba or the Grenadier; but of the many thousands 

 who take their pleasure in this way every summer, 

 what a small percentage suspect what treasures are 

 stored in the sloping woods on either hand. No 

 English gardener will believe, till he has seen for 

 himself, what luxuriant growth of tender exotics can 

 be produced on the west coast of Scotland, wherever 

 it is possible to provide shelter from Atlantic gales. 

 The fierce winds and mighty rollers that waste their 

 fury for weeks together on the rock-bound western 

 isles, can work no ruin in the long, narrow fjords 

 which intersect the mainland. I was prepared, there- 

 fore, to find evidence of a very gentle climate along 

 the shores of Loch Fyne ; but what I found exceeded 

 all anticipation. 



If you look at the map of Argyll, you will see 



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