144 TIIK HKV. MR HAIRD'S ADPKKSS. 



and honeysuckle. On the moors Listera ovata and Narthecium ossifra- 

 ffum were gathered, and returning by Fenwick Wood and the village of 

 that name, many of the plants already noticed, gathered by the other 

 party, were observed, besides a specimen or two of Trifolium officinale, 

 and of Vicia cracca> with pure white blossoms. 



The Kyloe Crags are a bold rocky hill, of no great altitude, with a 

 precipice to the west, from which descends a steep slope, composed of 

 the debris of the hill. It is now in great part clothed with wood, and 

 being seen from a considerable distance, forms rather a conspicuous ob- 

 ject in the landscape. It is composed of trap, as most of the other 

 hills and rising grounds in the neighbourhood, and rises through the 

 coal formation, of which class of rocks the surrounding country is com- 

 posed. 



No papers were read at this meeting. Dr Francis Douglas announced 

 the discovery which he had made of Cladium Mariscus, in abundance 

 in l Learmonth Bog ; Dr Johnson of the Cerastium atro-virens, on old 

 walls in the immediate vicinity of Berwick ; and the Rev. A. Baird of 

 Adoxa moschatellina, in Dunglass Dean, additions to the Flora of the 

 district, which, together with Blysmus rufus and Asplenium septentrionale, 

 discoveries of the day, were gratifying proofs of progress towards com- 

 pleting the botany of the district. Several very fine specimens of fos- 

 sils (the property of the Rev. Mr Jenkinson of Lowick), from the lime- 

 stone quarries of this part of the county, were exhibited at this meeting. 

 Dr Johnston added to the catalogue of Berwickshire bivalve shells, Lis- 

 tera compressa, Cardium elongatum, and Nucula tenuis. 



Such, Gentlemen, is a brief outline of the transactions of our Club 

 during the past year. I will make no apology for its numerous defects. 

 It may, however, help to recall to your minds some happy days spent 

 amid the fair scenery of nature, and in the study and admiration of 

 some of the beautiful productions of the Almighty and Beneficent 

 Creator, who called this universe at first into existence, and who still 

 preserves it by the word of His power. " Great and manifold are 

 His works : in wisdom has He made them all." " All His works praise 

 Him.'* They display His glory : they proclaim His goodness, They 

 invite us to examine them, and it is an employment most suitable to man, 

 the tongue of this mute but lovely creation, which requires his intelli- 

 gent services to make them speak His praise. 



List of Members, continued from p. 106. 

 Rev. William Thomson. June 21. 1837. 



