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Explanation or Plates. 



All figures X about 650. 



Plate I. 



Fig, 1. PenivjjJiora vermicitlarisy n. ap. a Cystidium. h Spores. _ 

 Fig. 2. Asterostroma persimtle, n. sp. a Portion of hymeuiuin. 



h S{)oi-es. c Gloeocystidium. d Brown stellate hypha from 



tissue. 

 Fig. 3. Asterostromella rliodospora.w. sp. a Section through hymeniura. 



. h Spores, c Gloeocystidium. d Branched hyplia from 



tissue. 

 Fig. 4. Ueierocliaeie Cheesmanii, n. sp. a TwoLasidia of different ages. 



h Spores, OJie of which is germinating. 



Plate li. 



Fig. 5. Corliciiiin luleo-auyanUacu^a n. sp. a Section of hymenium, 



showing basidia and cystidioles. b Spores. 



Fig. 6. reniophora Cheesmanii, n. sp. a Section of hymenium. 



h Spores. 



J'ig. 7. Uymertochaete iasmxtnica, Mass. a Section of hymenium. 



b One of the branched hyphae. c Seta. 



Fig. 8. Byme}iocha€tefii.liginosa, sensu Berk, a Section of hymenium. 



b Seta, 



+ 



Fig. 9. Stercum rhalarharinmn, comb. nov. Section of hymenium. 



xxxvl-dawyck. 



W. J. Bea>\ 



This estate is situated in Tweeddale, a few miles from Peebles, 

 amid romantic scenery, and varies in elevation from 500 to 

 2000 feet. Mr. F. R. S. Balfonr, an entliuslastic arboricul- 

 turist and forester, avIio lias travelled widely, especially in the 

 ^•reat forest reg-ions of Western Xortli America, lias introduced 

 liere a number of new and rare species. Dawyck as a garden 

 and tree-planting centre lias quite an interesting history. It 

 belonged in ancient times to " a very considerable family of the 

 name of Yeitch." By 1715 it had come into the possession of 

 Sir James Xasmyth who remade the giirden and rebuilt the 

 house^ so that, as we are told bv Loudon, " from being a lonely 

 mansion in the bosom of a gloomy mountain, it is now the 

 extreme reverse." Two hundred years ago mountain scenery 

 appears to have aroused emotions in the human, mind very 

 different to those we experience to-day. Troversi-ng Mr.* Bal- 

 four's plantations of larch and pine and fir (m a bright day in 

 May, the scene engirdled by the rounded hills of Tweeddale, 

 one's feelings, even in these' times, could scarcely be described 

 as glo(miy. Apart from its forestry, Dawycli is, Indeed, a beauti- 

 tul garden set m beautiful surroundings. The stonework near 

 the h.msoPspeciany, so opt in old gardens to be redundant and 

 Obtrusive, is admirable in its restraint and in relation to its 

 environment Immediately behind the house are two large 

 rectangular lawns on different levels and enclosed by low walls. 

 Did Irish yews stond sentinel along the upper side. Beyond 



