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miles around were penetrated and carefully searched for the humble 

 little flower bearing the name of the immortal Swede. The search 

 was, alas ! in vain ; and after continuing it for fully three hours, the spi- 

 rits of the party flagged, and they returned disappointed to the inn, 

 where a good dinner and excellent liquors soon dispelled any portion of 

 vexation which might still be felt at the want of success attending the 

 expedition. One of the members of the Club, however, nothing daunted 

 by a single failure, and anticipating better fortune in a second attempt, 

 did not allow many days to elapse, until he was again in the woods, in 

 the hope of securing the prized Linnsea, and most fully and amply was 

 he rewarded by beholding a large space of ground covered with the de- 

 licate shining leaves of the trailing little plant, with here and there a 

 short flower-stalk, ascending and bearing a pair of beautiful pinkish bell- 

 shaped flowers, bending gracefully downwards : innumerable specimens 

 of the finest description were obtained. 



It seemed remarkable, that, on the first search for it, all the members 

 had passed within five yards of the spot where the Linnsea grew. Lis- 

 tera cordata, TroJUus europceus, PyrolfL minor, were found in the 

 woods during the course of the forenoon's walk, and a new fungus, 

 ^cidium pirn, was added to the cryptogamic flora of the county, the 

 bark of the fir-tree on which it grew being totally destroyed by its ra- 

 vages. 



A paper by Mr Hardy was read, entitled " Butter-cups and Daisies." 



The Minutes of our Meeting at Abbey St Bathans were furnished 

 me by our Secretary, and the Club will excuse my adopting them with- 

 out change. 



Abbey St Bathans, August 3. 1842. 



In obedience to the mandate of the Club, nine of its members 

 mustered on this morning in this oasis of the Lammermuirs, viz. 

 Geo. Darling, Esq., President ; Dr Johnston, Rev. A. Baird, P. J. 

 Selby, Esq., Bev. Geo. Cunynghame, Rev. J. Wallace, J. S. Donald- 

 son Selby, Esq., Rev. J. D. Clarke, and Mr Robt. Home ; and Mr 

 Tancred joined the meeting, as much we presume for the enjoyment of 

 a day's good fellowship as from a wish to see the capabilities of our 

 county. 



The Club, led to the Abbey by its retired position and celebrity for 

 natural beauty, were fortunate in the day of their meeting, which was 

 equal in mildness to the best days of a clime of myrtles and vines. It 



