Anniversary Address, ISl 



a paper " On a Cist found at Broomhill near Dunse," by Mr. 

 Stevenson. It was moved and agreed to, that in future one card 

 only of Notice of the Meetings of the Session be sent to each 

 Member, at least eight days before the Meeting in May. 



A beautiful morning ushered in the 18th day of June, when 

 the Club met at Cockbumspath. There were present, — the 

 President, Dr. Johnston, Mr. Home, Mr. Embleton, the Rev. 

 J. D. Clark, the Rev. W. Rigge, Mr. Hepburn, and Mr. G. R. 

 Tate; Mr. Stevenson joined the party in the evening. Dr. 

 Johnston, Mr. Rigge, and Mr. Embleton, who had arrived early 

 at the place of rendezvous, enjoyed the advantage of exploring 

 the Dunglas Dean. "A short and pleasant walk," Mr. Rigge 

 reports, " brought us to the most magnificent part of this cele- 

 brated dean. Nothing could be more beautiful and impressive 

 than the scene which here opened before us. The narrow gorge, 

 with its steep and precipitous sides, was overhung with stately 

 trees of various hues of foliage, the face of the rocks being en- 

 livened by the cheerful green colour and elegant forms of the 

 ferns and other plants which sprung from every crevice ; a little 

 streamlet glided over its channel, now sparkling in the open 

 sunshine, now obscured in the deep shade of abutting rocks or 

 overarching trees ; and the fine mansion of Sir John Hall crowned 

 a precipice, standing on its verge, and overlooking the dean in 

 its deepest part. Rarely indeed can a scene be met with com- 

 bining so much of the wild and romantic with the beautiful. To 

 enumerate all the plants that attracted our attention would be 

 to name those that are familiar to the Members of the Club ; 

 but the profusion in which they were scattered, and the luxu- 

 riance both of flower and foliage were especially noticed. The 

 pure white flowers of Saxifraga yranulata contrasted with the 

 bright crimson of Lychnis diuma, whilst the golden cups of Ra- 

 nunculus repenSj nearly as large as Caltha palustris, blended with 

 the less conspicuous flowers of Cardamine amara, Symphytum 

 officinale, and Myosotis sylvatica. The rocks on both sides were 

 canopied with magnificent specimens of Aspidium Filix-mas and 

 fcemina, Aspidium dilatatum, Aspidium aculeatum, and Scolopen- 

 drium vulyare. Under these we gathered Houkeria lucens, Hyp» 

 num dendroides, and Bryum roseum in fruit. The yellow hairy 

 moss, Hypnum commutatum, was seen encrusting many a drip- 



