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Grierson's housekeeper), they entered the museum, wliere a sliort 

 business meeting was held. The Secretary intimated that it had 

 been arranged to meet the Cumberland Society on Friday, the 

 24th July, and that the excursion to the JMunches district would 

 be held on the 25th. They next inspected a number of interest- 

 ing objects recently received by Dr Grierson, and under his 

 guidance visited the grounds, where a large collection of alpine and 

 other rare plants were noticed in flower. Having spent two hours 

 here, they returned to Dumfries by the eight o'clock train, after 

 spending a most enjoyable day. The following were some of the 

 plants found during the excursion : — Thalictrum majus, Carda- 

 7iiine amara, Geranium sylvaticum, Seduni telephium, S. Anglicum, 

 S. villosuni, Sanicula europoea, Doronicum 2M7-dalia7iches, Cam- 

 panula latifolia, Pinguicula vulgaris, Lysimachia nemorum, 

 Jtcniperus commu.nis, Orchis latifolia, 0. maculata, Uabenaria 

 bifolia, H. chlorantha, Gymnadenia Conopsea (white and red 

 varieties), Listera ovata, Carex sylvatica, Melica nutans, M. 

 unijlora, Aspidium lohatimi, Scolopendritmi vulgare, and remark- 

 ably large specimens of Polypodinm Phegopteris and P. Dryopteris. 



Special Meeting. — lith Jidij, 1885. 



On Friday, the 24th July, a party of a dozen assembled at the 

 Dumfries Station to meet the Cumberland and Westmoreland 

 Archffiological Society, and subsequently visited with them 

 Carlaverock Castle, Comlongan Castle, and the Rutliwell Cross. 

 At Carlaverock a short paper was read by Mr Nanson, descrip- 

 tive of the Castle, and Comlongan was similarly described by Mr 

 R. S. Fergusson when the party reached that interesting building. 

 On arriving at the Ruthwell Cross, the Societies were met by the 

 Rev. Mr M'Farlan, who pointed out the runes, and gave an 

 interesting and detailed description of the monument. After 

 partaking of refreshments, kindly provided by Mr M'Farlan, the 

 Societies bade adieu to their host, and to each other. 



Munches District. — 25/!/i Jidy, 1885. 



Availing themselves of the kind invitation given by W. H. 

 Maxwell, Esq., to visit tlie district of Munches, a party number- 



