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the spot, and a frequent and careful examination of its 

 localities. When a person takes a hasty run through a part 

 of a country, as some of you gentlemen did last summer 

 through Colvend, he is perhaps disappointed that he meets 

 with so few rare or uncommon plants. He must remember, 

 however, that, in examining a district for a first, or even for 

 a second or third time, there are many plants which will not 

 be in flower at that particular season, — and also, that it is 

 possible to reach only one or two of the localities in a single 

 excursion. — This leads to a suggestion, and it is this, that if 

 ever we arrive at a full and correct flora of the province of 

 Galloway, i.e., of Dumfriesshire and the two Galloways in- 

 cluded, we must have full and accurate lists of the plants 

 found in the various districts and localities, furnished by 

 botanists resident on the spot. And no gi'eater boon can be 

 confeiTcd on this society by its members resident in the three 

 counties of Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, and Wigtown, than to 

 send in to the Society lists of the plants found in their 

 several neighbourhoods, with dried specimens for the sake of 

 verification and comparison, — with sufiiciently exact descrip- 

 tions of the habitats of the rarer plants for the guidance of 

 future botanists. In this way only can we hope to have at 

 some period not remote, what many counties and provinces 

 have, a complete flora of the plants of a district, which is, 

 I believe, second in interest to none in the kingdom. — Ab a 

 small instalment from a limited field, I beg now to submit 

 to you a list of the principal plants found in the united 

 parish of Colvend and Southwick, all of which, with one or 

 two exceptions, I myself have gathered, and have seen grow- 

 ing in the stations named. I hope to add dried specimens of 

 the plants themselves at some future meeting. 



Plants Found by the Seaside, either on the Rocks 

 OR on the Seashore. 



Apium graveoleus — Salt Marsh, or Merse as the people call 

 it. Near the Needle's-Eye. Origin of our garden 

 celery. Rather uncommon in Scotland. 



