32 On a Horticultural Society in the Highlands. 



to be snuff-boxes, fitly mounted, and distinguished for the 

 purpose, by the following inscription : — " Token of acknow- 

 ledgment from the Highland Horticultural Society to ." 



As the distribution of these would augment, the consumption 

 of snuff would increase, and the tobacconist thereby benefit. 



I shall enumerate, in furtherance of my proposal, some 

 very productive orchards in the two counties I have referred 

 to (Argyle and Inverness). At Lochnile, the seat of General 

 Campbell, there is a very productive small garden, enclosed 

 with a stone wall ; not far distant from it is another, belonging 

 to the same gentleman, with a green-house, and there are 

 several such gardens belonging to the neighbours. Mr. Mac- 

 dougald of Dunolie, near Oban, has a very productive old 

 orchard, consisting of cherry, plum, apple, and pear trees, 

 also enclosed by a stone dike and hedge. In Oban there is 

 likewise a small nursery, consisting chiefly of pears and other 

 fruit-trees, also enclosed by a stone dike. At Auchnacalich, 

 again, the seat of Ronald M'Donald, Esq., Staffa, Isle of 

 Mull, there is a very neat garden, enclosed by a good stone 

 wall, and very productive. Mr. Stewart, of Auchadanach, 

 has a very productive orchard, consisting chiefly of apples, 

 pears, cherries, and plums, enclosed by a stone dike. I am 

 informed by a recent letter from Tobermory, Isle of Mull, 

 that Colonel M'Lean, of Cole, is making fine gardens near 

 that village. There is another old garden in ruin there, 

 belonging to Colonel Campbell, now inhabited by owls and 

 jackdaws : the garden was admirably laid out in the ancient 

 style, enclosed with stone walls and a sunk outer fence, but 

 in consequence of the mischievous boys and sailors in the 

 neighbouring village, hardly a fruit tree now remains. Colonel 

 Cameron has a most excellent garden in the very bosom of 

 Ben Nevis near Fort William ; this garden is very productive, 

 although for four months in the year the sun never shines on 

 it. There are many other excellent gardens in this neigh- 

 bourhood, which are now much neglected, and to which the 

 emulation produced by a Horticultural society would be most 

 useful. 



If you think any of the observations which I have made 

 are worthy of your valuable Magazine, I shall be happy if 

 you will give them a place, as I am anxious that the matter 

 should be taken up by gentlemen connected with my native 

 country. 



John Cameron. 



