142 Field Meetings. 
Holmshaw, and inspected the Roman camp and supposed fort 
there. The traces of the Roman road were also inspected with 
great interest. The fort on Chapel Hill, supposed to be British, 
was next visited, and then the party drove to the site of the old 
chapel, which is said to have belonged to the Knights Templar. 
The Order was suppressed in 1316, so that, if this chapel belonged 
to them, it must be at least 600 years old. A large part of the 
east gable is still preserved, and of the west gable an entire 
window, which would indicate that the chapel was a fine and 
costly edifice. The ‘“‘ Three Stannin’ Stanes” were next visited. 
Some suppose that they are of Roman origin, the Roman road 
having passed near this point. Others hold them to be of Druid 
ical origin ; while a third supposition is that they commemorate 
the defeat at this place of Edward Balliol by Douglas and 
Randolph. The next move was through the town of Moffat to 
Alton Moat, supposed to mark the spot of the “auld toon” of 
Moffat in very early times. After driving to the Well, the party 
returned to Moffat, and paid a visit to the old churchyard, which 
contains the tombs of John Louden Macadam, the improver of the 
system of road-making, and of John Williamson, the discoverer 
of the Hartfell Spa. It was suggested by Dr Chinnock that the 
heritors of Dumfries might take a lesson from those of Moffat in 
the way to keep a churchyard. The arrangements of the day 
were under the management of Mr John Thorburn Johnstone, of 
Moffat, a member of the Society. 
New Member.—Mr Samuel Macmillan, of Moffat. 
Report on Herbarium. By Mr G. F. Scorr-Exxior, M.A. 
The herbarium is rapidly becoming one of the very best collec- 
tions of British plants in Scotland. In fact, excepting Edinburgh 
and Glasgow, I know of no Scotch public institution which 
possesses so full a representation as that of the Society. I have 
compared recently the earlier orders to the end of Cruciferee with 
the British Museum, and named so far as I could every sheet 
after the types in that collection. Where possible I have hunted 
down every specimen to the nearest name in the London cata_ 
logue, and members of the Society may, I think, be pretty certain 
