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Lanarkshire. There was a chapel dedicated to St. Blane, erected 

 on the lands by an early laird of Colgrain, but no trace of it 

 remains. The mansion is well situated in wooded grounds. On 

 a stone in the older part of the house are cut the letters and date 

 16 ID. IS. 48. These are evidently the initials of the eleventh 

 laird, John Dennistoun, and of his wife Jean Sempill, daughter 

 of William Sempill of Fulwood, who were married 15th February, 

 1648. John Dennistoun was an active Royalist, and died in 

 1655 of wounds received in an attempted rising in the Highlands 

 in the previous year. 



The only plant of special interest observed was the Twayblade, 

 Listera ovata, R. Br. Attention was directed principally to the 

 trees, among which were some very fine specimens of silver fir, 

 walnut, elm, and sycamore. Mr. Renwick and Mr. M'Kay 

 made the following measurements of trees : — 



Silver Fir, below house, on side of avenue — 



11 ft. 2Jins. at 5 ft. side next avenue. 



Sycamore, to south east of house — 



14 ft. 2 1 ins. at 5 ft. next avenue, bole 14 ft. 



Elm, to south west of house — 



14 ft. 10 ins. at 4 ft. 10 ins. ; bole 8^ ft. ; height 81 ft. ; 

 spread, N.E. to S.W., 90 feet. 



Walnut, to south of house — 

 9 ft. 3 J- ins. at 5 ft. ; bole 11 ft. 



Silver Fir, on side of burn above house — 

 13 ft. 1 in. at 5 ft. 



Silver Fir, farther up burn — 



13 ft. 7 ins. at 5 ft. = 7 ft. 1 in. above walk. 



Silver Fir, still farther up — 



12 ft. 11 J ins. at 5 ft. next avenue. 



Mr. Wm. Stewart has drawn up the following list of 27 Fungi 

 and 8 Ferns obtained at Camis Eskan : — 



