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June 16, 1900. 
THK GARDENING WORLD- 
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Rosslyn H P. —Delicate rosy-flesh, a sport from Rodocanachi. Strong plants in pots, 
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Edited by J. FRASER, F.L.S. 
SATURDAY , JUNE 16th, 1900. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
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T. JANNOCH 
Whe famous Kinnell Vine at Auchmore. 
—Auchmore, one of the seats of the 
Marquis of Breadalbane, is situated at the 
south-west end of Loch Tay, the queen of 
Scottish lakes, and close by the village of 
Killin, Perthshire. The Marquis owns all 
the land and the mountains as well, for the 
Breadalbane estate extends from Aberfeldy 
on the north to some distance south of 
Loch Tay, and westwards to Oban on the 
coast of Argyleshire, the length being some¬ 
thing like 100 miles, and the width varying 
from two miles to ten miles. Very little 
arable land can be seen from any one point, 
though the views along Loch Tay and the 
river valleys are lovely enough, and here, 
practically, the only arable land is to bd 
found, together with road, rail, and river, 
the latter being the agency that has made 
the passage for road and rail possible. 
From the mountain tops by Killin one can 
see Loch Earn (ten miles to the south) or 
streaks of it through the transverse passes, 
and Loch Tay to the bend, a similar dis¬ 
tance ; but on the lower slopes are the cul¬ 
tivated portions with woods creeping up the 
the minor valleys or dongas, beyond which 
are the heather muirlands, uplands, and 
dark-browed mountain tops and ranges. 
Practically, when one goes above 3,000 ft., 
the view is limited to the mountain tops, 
with here and there a glimpse into other 
valleys, or merely a little way into their 
dark and receding hollows. The mansion 
of Auchmore itself stands at an elevation of 
about 400 ft. above the sea-level, and is 
more or less surrounded with woods, though 
the south-west side was denuded a few 
years ago by a terrific hurricane of wind 
which levelled or smashed almost every 
tree on the ground. The average annual 
rainfall of the district (the registration of 
which is carried on by the gardener for the 
Meteorological Office) is 66 in., that is 
5 ft. 6 in., and must contribute in no small 
degree to the volume of the Tay, which is 
130 miles long. Snow still lies in consider¬ 
able sheets in sheltered hollows on the 
higher mountain tops. Though the weather 
is often oppressively hot in these valleys on 
still, warm days in summer, winter, on the 
contrary, is often severely cold, as much as 
44° of frost being sometimes registered. 
The weather during the past and the pre¬ 
vious week had been oppressively hot, cul¬ 
minating in a thunderstorm on the morning 
