EXCURSIONS TO THE ISLANDS OF 
BUTE AND GREAT CUMBRAE. 
By JoHN ROBERTSON. 
OwI!nc to the comparative inaccessibility of these islands they are 
not suited for Saturday afternoon excursions, and the discomfort 
travelling there on any of the Glasgow holidays has doubtless 
prevented the Society having more whole-day excursions to the 
delightful island of Bute and the not less interesting Cumbraes, 
than would otherwise have been the case. 
The first excursion was to the Great Cumbrae on Saturday 
afternoon of 7th July, 1888, and the record states that five 
members attended, and that among other plants the following 
were found :—Ranunculus Flammula, Geranium dissectum, An- 
thyllis Vulneraria, Sedum anglicum, S. acre, Buda rubra, Daucus 
Carota, Aster Tripolium, and Scutellaria galcriculata. 
On 13th April, 1891 (Glasgow Spring Holiday), the Great 
Cumbrae was again visited by a party of about thirty-five members 
and friends. Favoured by good weather this outing was much 
enjoyed. Landing at Keppel Pier the party divided into 
different sections, and thus succeeded in covering a considerable 
area of the island, including the foreshores as far round as Balloch 
and Fintry Bay, and also the central uplands and the wood 
_ behind the West Bay, Millport. Owing to the protracted severe 
_ weather the deciduous trees were all quite bare, but the following 
_ plants were found in flower :— 
RANUNCULUS Ficaria, L, Apoxa MoscHaTELuina, L. 
CaRDAMINE HIRSUTA, L. TARAXACUM OFFICINALE, Web. 
SISYMBRIUM THALIANUM, Hook. TusstLaco FarFara, L. 
COcHLEARIA OFFICINALIS, L. BELLIS PERENNIS, L. 
VIOLA CANINA, L. NEPETA GLECHOMA, Benth. 
STELLARIA MEDIA, L. PRIMULA VULGARIS, Huds. 
OxaLis ACETOSELLA, L. MERCURIALIS PERENNIS, L, 
_ CHRYSOSPLENIUM OPPOSITIFOL- ULMUS MONTANA, Sm. 
1um, L. CoryLus AVELLANA, L. 
