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where they crossed the river Glen, and pursuing their course 

 up this water, they came to the College Burn, which they 

 tracked upwards to Hethpool Lynn. Here our Secretary 

 makes a remark, which in my opinion is questionable as to 

 its correctness, when he describes the scenery of the Linn, 

 and its neighbourhood, as a place more famed for its appro- 

 priateness for pic-nic parties than for any remarkable beauty. 

 This being a matter of taste, we will not further discuss it. The 

 walk was peculiarly adapted to the researches of Botanists, 

 and to the Naturalist in general ; and one plant was noticed 

 for the first time in our district, the lesser Dodder or Cuscuta 

 epithymum. Other plants worthy of notice were Hordeum 

 murinum, on the road side from M illfield to Yeavering ; Ilyosci- 

 amiis niger, about Langton, on the Glen ; Euonymus europams^ 

 on the banks of the College Burn ; Sium inuvdatum, in the 

 pools on the haughs of this burn ; Teesdaiia nudicaulis, very 

 abundant and fine in the bed of the College ; Gnapltalium 

 minimum and Myosotis versicolor, abundant in the same situ- 

 ations ; Viola tricolor, with all the petals yellow, and the 

 spur only with a blueish tint. Various other plants, of even 

 greater beauty, were seen, but being of less rarity, it is unne- 

 cessary to specify them. The Ash and the Bountree were 

 also observed, in situations where they were evidently and 

 truly indigenous ; and, if ever an idea has been entertained 

 of these trees being originally aliens to our district, it has 

 now been entirely removed by the observations made by the 

 members of our Ciub, on the 21st of June last. — The painted 

 Lady, a butterfly usually rare in this district, has this sea- 

 son been observed in great abundance, and was a casual topic 

 of conversation. After dinner, the Rev. Christopher Robin- 

 son was duly admitted a member of the Club. A paper by 

 the Rev. Thomas Riddell, on pollen mosses of an Orchis ad- 

 hering to the antennffi of the* Honey Bee, was read ; and Dr. 

 Johnston exhibited a fine gramineous-leaved fossil from the 

 banks of the Whitadder, near Clarabad Mill, He also laid 

 before the Club, a continuation of his description of the Ber- 

 wickshire Acarides. 



On the 26th July, the Club met at Al>bey St. Bathan's, and 

 breakfasted at the picturesque residence of our fellow-mem. 



