2()2 TRANSACTIONS. NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF (iLASQOW. 



the river. The present course of the Kelvin from a little above 

 Killermont to the Clyde is post-glacial. A buried river-channel 

 runs by Millichen, Kilmardinny, Garscadden, and Drumry, and is 

 now filled up with sand, gravel, mud, clay, etc., to a depth in 

 some places of over 400 ft. This hollow is about 230 ft. below 

 the present sea-level, and when it was excavated by the old river, 

 the land would likely stand, relatively to the sea, at least 600 ft. 

 higher than it does now. The valleys of Loch Long and Loch 

 Lomond would not then be formed, and the course of the river 

 would be by Loch Goil and the Gareloch, on to the Forth, to join 

 the northern extension of the Rhine. 



The ground around Bardowie Loch rises rather steeply, and as 

 nearly half the circuit of the lake is covered with wood, the 

 scenery is varied and rather attractive. There is an old tower or 

 castle on the north side of the loch, let to Mr. Anderson, who 

 kindly gave permission to pass through the grounds attached to 

 the castle. The estate now belongs to a Glasgow company who 

 are feuing that part which occupies the slope descending to the 

 Kelvin. By the kindness of Mr. R. W. Droii, engineer to the 

 company, a boat was placed at the disposal of the party, a few of 

 whom had a row on the loch, and obtained specimens of the 

 White Water-Lily [CastaJia speciosa, Salisb.), which grows freely 

 near the foot of the lake. 



On the way to the station recently opened at Bardowie on the 

 Kelvin Valley Railway, Gold-of -pleasure {Camelina sativa, 

 Crantz) was found. The low ground, between the station and the 

 sloping ground forming the edge of the valley, is being filled up 

 with all sorts of rubbish ; and, as there seemed a prospect of 

 other strangers being found, two members revisited the place a 

 few weeks later. The characteristic of the vegetation was the 

 luxurious growth of nearly all the plants. There was still room 

 for the population ; the struggle with each other for existence 

 had barely begun. The narrow-leaved Orache (Atriplex 

 angustifolia, Sm. ) grew tall, stout, and spreading ; the Wild 

 Carrot {Daucus Carota, L.) was suggestive of plants in a 

 vegetable market-garden ; the Slender Tare ( Vicia tetrasperma, 

 Mcench) made up for the weakness of its stems by their length 

 and tangledness, and for the smallness of its flowers and pods by 

 their number ; Senecio viscosus, L., was in moderate abundance, 



