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(Zotanus calidris), the curlew (Mumenius arguata), and the 
lapwing (Vanellus vulgaris). The lateness of the season was not 
favourable to the botanical members present, but the rest-harrow 
(Ononts arvensis) was observed in bloom on the shore, and 
specimens of bittersweet (So/anum dulcamara), in fine fruit, were 
gathered. The botanical section paid another visit to this locality 
in the spring of 1904 (30th April), but nothing of exceptional 
interest was recorded. 
Kilmahew estate was visited on 7th April, 1900, the policies 
being entered from the public road at the foot of Bloomhill Glen, 
and the party then following a path which leads to the old castle. 
A group of conifers, about forty years old, growing between the 
burn and the path, attracted attention, the most noteworthy being 
a fine Adies Albertiana, about sixty-five feet high, and beautifully 
furnished to the ground. Another group at the lower end of 
the garden also claimed some attention, particularly a specimen of 
Sequoia gigantea, grown in close wood near the avenue. This 
species is remarkable, when growing in the open, for its very 
tapered stem, but the particular tree referred to indicates that this 
feature is greatly minimised when the species is cultivated as a 
forest tree. After a brief visit to the gardens and plant-houses, 
the party next visited the mansion-house, beautifully situated at 
the side of the glen, and commanding a fine view of the Firth of 
Clyde. In a pond on the opposite side of the glen from the 
mansion, two mute swans and a number of Canada _ geese 
attracted the attention of the photographers of the party. 
Darleith Glen was the scene of one of the Society’s earliest 
excursions—on 18th September, 1886; but beyond recording the 
fact that the excursion took place, no information regarding it has 
been preserved. 
Camis Eskan estate, near Craigendoran, was visited on 2oth 
April, 1895. A number of fine trees were examined here, and 
the following measurements were taken :—four silver firs by the 
side of the burn girthed respectively 11 ft. 4 ins., 12 ft. 9 ins., 
13 ft. 1 in., and 13 ft. 3 ins.—all sound trees, with long, straight 
trunks; near the shore road, two beeches measured respectively 
11 ft. 8 ins. and 14 ft. 9 ins., but the latter tree had a deeply 
fissured bole and was evidently past its best ; an ash, beyond the 
saw-mill, girthed 14 ft. 9 ins. at 1 ft. from the ground, and ro ft. 
