SEPTEMBER 14, 1895.] 
THE 
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Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1895, 
BUTESHIRE. 
UTESHIRE, with its ancient oapital of 
„ „the acknowledged Queen of 
its palace was built in front of its even then old 
castle, and it had for its first visitors the Kings 
of Scotland, who, during the summer months, 
and also sometimes during the win 
delightful climate, its translucent waters, and 
its beautiful soenery. here is no reoord of 
the building of the oastle, which ing survives 
in the square in the ceutre of the to The first 
mention of it in history is in 1998. It must 
troops when they invaded Scotland, and on 
leaving it they destroyed a portion of the walls. 
у taken by the of Argyll 
1685, and afterwards burned by one of the 
Karl's brothers. For some time previous to that 
the castle had been occupied by the Marquis of 
Bute’s ancestors, who, after the burning, and till 
the erection of Mount Stuart, his lordship's 
Buteshire residence, five miles away, resided in 
a house i in the High St St reet, 
1 
of the 
thermometer in . Rothesay is about 18? fewer 
than the average of Sootland, being 15^ warmer 
in winter, and 5^ cooler in summer. This is 
principally caused by the fact that Bute consists 
of comparative low land, surrounded with sea- 
water, which latter is a great deal warmer than 
the atmosphere in winter, and somewhat cooler 
in summer. The influence of the warm Gulf 
Stream in winter is remarkably exemplified by 
the infrequency and mildness of frosts, the rarity 
of snowstorms, and the quickness with which 
Owing to the 
land being so little elevated, much less rain falls 
here than in the surrounding parts of Scotland. 
The high hills of Cowal, Ayrshire, and of Arran 
on every side break the rain clouds, the contents _ 
are c th r * 
same reason, thi | 
immunity. from erst the thunder- 
olouds being attracted o or — by the high 
hills surrounding it bsence of fogs is 
remar маб, it is thought, to the 
Buteshire farms being well drained, and that 
there is no tendency for an excess of damp to 
remain in the Jand or in the atmosphere. 
Pleasant walks abound about Rothesay, and 
throughout the island they form some of the 
chief attractions of the place. The Marquis of 
Bute has most liberally constructed paths 
