CHAP. II. 



BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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1710. Platanus orlentalis, Oriental plane. Holyrood House. 

 1712. O'rnus europas\ flowering ash. Bargally. 

 1725. Pinus ^Strobus, Weymouth pine. Dunkeld. 

 1727. iarix europae\ larch. Dunkeld. 

 1730. Quercus Tlex, evergreen oak. New Hailes. 



1732. A\ies balsamifera, balm of Gilead fir. Arbigland. 



1733. Taxodium distichum, deciduous cypress. Loudon. 



1734. Quercus -^'gilops i., Velonia oak. New Hailes. 

 1 736. C/lraus campestris, English elm. Dalmahoy. 

 1738- -4^cer jslatanoides Z., Norway maple. Mountstewart. 



1739. ^Salix phloragna [q. triandra], Tine- Newhails, 



bark willow. 



1740. Cedrus Libani, cedar of Lebanon. Hopetoun. 



1743. Cerasus carolinensis, Carolina bird-cherry. Hopetoun. 



1744. C6rylus ?Colurna, Hungarian nut. Carmichael. 

 1 746. S'alix amerina, Amerina willow. Mellerstane. 

 1754. ^^cer saccharinum, sugar maple. New Posso. 

 1759. ^^bies canadensis, white Newfound- New Posso. 



land spruce, or hemlock spruce. 

 1763. Praxinus americana and sp., white and blue American 

 ash. 



Pinus longifolia, long-leaved American pine, 

 ^^cer pennsylvanicum, snake-barked maple, 

 iarix nigra, American larch, 

 ^etula papyrifera, the paper birch. 



1765. jBetula nigra L., black American birch. Eliiock. 



1766. Populus dilatata, Lombardy poplar. New Posso. 

 1770. Populus balsamifera, balsam poplar. Leith. 



From this period (1770) the intercourse between Scotland 

 and England became so frequent, that the dates of the introduc- 

 tion of foreign trees and shrubs into the two countries may be 

 considered as merged into one. 



It would be interesting to know some particulars respecting 

 the tastes and pursuits of the proprietors of the places mentioned 

 in Dr. Walker's list ; but at this distant period, we have been 

 able to glean very little suitable to our purpose respecting them. 



Taymouth, in the central highlands of Perthshire, is a very 

 old seat of the Campbells. Pennant says the castle was first 

 built by Sir John Campbell, sixth knight of Lochow, who died 

 in 1583. The place, he says, has been much modernised since 

 the days of the founder, and has lost its castellated form, as well 

 as its old name of Balloch Castle. The place has subsequently 

 undergone a great variety of alterations, and at present is re- 

 markable for the extent of its woods and plantations, and for a 

 fine avenue of lime trees. The present proprietor is John Camp- 

 bell, Marquess of Breadalbane. 



Inverary Castle was inhabited by a Colin Campbell before 



