Anniversary Address, 137 



bright streams, and appearing the more lovely after the eye had 

 been wearied with the dull monotony of the moorlands : — 



*' full many a spot 



Of hidden beauty have I chanced to ef py 

 Among the mountains ; never one hke this ; 

 So lonesome and so perfectly secure ; 

 Not melancholy — no, for it is green, 

 Ami bright, and fertile." 



Here the party separated, the Secretary and most of the Mem- 

 bers following the course of the Whiteadder on the north side. 

 According to Mr. Selby's notes, — " A specimen of Polyommatits 

 Artaxerxes and several of Polyommatus Arffus were taken on the 

 banks of the Whiteadder. The dearth of summer birds was 

 noticed, a remark which attaches, so far as my observation ex- 

 tends, to other parts within the limits of the Club. A leash of 

 wild ducks. Anas Boschas, in a secluded nook of the river, were 

 the only birds which attracted notice.^' Mr. Jerdan has fur- 

 nished the following botanical notes : — " The sides of the valley 

 of the Whiteadder are in many places clothed with natural wood, 

 consisting chiefly of oak, Quercus sessiliflora, and hazel, and in 

 wet spots of alder, intermixed however frequently with mountain 

 ash and aspen ; the last tree was particularly noticed nearly op- 

 posite to Abbey St. Bathans. Before reaching the river, a pretty 

 road-side spring was observed canopied and lined with mosses, 

 principally Hypnum commutatum ? In its vicinity grew Carex 

 pulicaris and Aspidium Filix-foemina, the latter in profusion. Pro- 

 ceeding thence by the banks of the river, there were noticed a 

 Salix (pronounced to be Salix cinerea by Mr. Selby), a patch <.f 

 Mentha viridis, apparently wild, and a bramble resembling Ru^us 

 cordaius. On the rocky parts of the river side, Solidago vtrgaurea 

 grew in great beauty ; and in the woods, Hieracium tridetitalwn 

 and Melampyrum pratense, var. /8. (with entire lanceolate leaves), 

 were found. In a plantation near the Retreat, Carex hmervis and 

 Agariciis tener were observed. The party returned by the n)ad 

 from the Retreat Gate to Grant' s-House, passing by a beautiful 

 thicket of honeysuckles, on the banks of the Eye, near the rail- 

 way station." 



The President and Mr. Hardy crossed to the opposite side of 

 the river, and attempted to reach the summit of Cockburnslaw. 

 Want of time prevented them accomplishing this ; but the space 



