2S0 THE GARDENER. [June 



From Yetliolm to Cheviot is about seven miles. On tlie Ciirr, a hill 

 about halfway, I have found Polemonium ca3ruleum. On arriving at 

 the foot of Cheviot we come to the College burn, instead of crossing 

 which it is better to follow it to its head, ascending by Henhole, 

 the finest and rockiest glen on Cheviot, it being a succession of linns 

 from near the summit of the hill to its base. Indeed it is the best 

 l^lan for the botanist to follow each rill to its well-head, when he will 

 find many interesting spots that will amply repay him. As an instance, 

 when ascending by one of the burns that run down the north-west 

 side, about half-way to the summit, I came upon the following inter- 

 esting group : an ancient Rowan-tree, overhanging a small waterfall, 

 under which, and growing luxuriantly, were the Oak and Beech Ferns, 

 intermixed with the graceful Wood Horsetail, along with tufts of the 

 Mountain Buckler and the elegant Lady Fern. On the left-hand side, 

 when ascending by Henhole, the Mountain Parsley, Allosorus crispus, 

 is abundant. At the rockiest part of the glen — near where a pair of 

 ravens have had their nest from time immemorial — Saxifraga hypnoides, 

 the Alpine form of Cochlearia officinalis, and Cystopteris fragilis are 

 plentiful. Scattered about in wet places are Sedum villosum, Saxi- 

 fraga stellaris, and Epilobium alsinifolium ; Ehodiola rosea, Anten- 

 naria dioica, and the viviparous variety of the Sheep's Fescue on the 

 drier parts. On the more level ground, near the top of the hill, Eubus 

 chamsemorus is abundant, along with Yaccinium vitis-idsea, Lycopo- 

 dium clavatum, L. alpinum, L. selago, and on the burn-sides L. sela- 

 ginoides. In another fine glen, named the Bizzle, besides many of the 

 plants already mentioned, we find Corydalis claviculata, Carduus heter- 

 ophyllus, Melampyrum montanum (Johnston), and Asplenium viride. 

 This ravine is also interesting to the ornithologist, for there one of our 

 finest birds of prey, the peregrine falcon, still breeds annually. But 

 perhaps the most interesting plant found on Cheviot is Cornus 

 suecica ; it was first discovered there by Dr Penny, some time before 

 1568. Ray found it there in June 1671, '' and thenceforward the hill 



was classical ground to the botanist." - A. B. 



Kelso. 



RHODODENDIlGlSr AUCKLAISTDII. 



A DELIGHTFUL Surprise awaited me on calling to see this noble plant 

 in flower in the secluded little glass-garden of Mr M'Kelvie, Osborne 

 Terrace, Edinburgh. I had not seen Rhododendron Aucklandii before, 

 and only knew it from report to be one of the foremost of the Hima- 

 layan species. There are some who dispute this one being the true 

 Aucklandii ; however, I have sent you a flower and leaf, in the hope 

 that you, Mr Editor, may be able to solve the question. 



