A Naturalist's Calendar. 2',) 



Lag, b. 7tli August, 1778, m. Jane, daughter of Thomas Beattic, 

 d. 30th November, 1865, and was buried in St. Mary's Churchyard, 

 Dumfries, leaving his Dumfries house and property of Barn- 

 dennoch, Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, to his daughter, Margaret 

 Elizabeth, who m. firstly, 25th January, 1860, David Baird Hoije- 

 Johnstone; and secondly, 21st April, 1871, John Henry Gordon. 

 "The Dumfries property was 'split up,' as above stated, in or 

 about 1872, and Barndennoch sold to Major William M'Cill in 

 1897." (J. Henderson, in litt. 11. x. 09.) 



32 Medlar: Mespilus Gervianica. 



33 Five miles N.N.-W. of Jardine Hall. The residence in 1826 

 of John James Hopc-Johnstone, which Sir W. J. would pass when 

 driving to Edinburgh. 



34 Fraxinvs ExceLnor, var. 



35 20 miles S.S.-W. of Jardine Hall. The residence in 1828 of 

 Douglas Hamilton Craik. 



36 Fotentilla Nejjolensis. A red flowered East Indian species, 

 frequently met with in gardens. An old-fashioned border plant. 

 Rather an early date for fl. 



37 Now called Buda Jiuhm var. ^Icnina or Sands mercury. 



38 Scurvy Grass: Cochlearia Ofpcinalis. Rather early. "This 

 might be C Danica" (G. F. Scott-Elliot, in Jiff. 3, ix. 1909). 



39 Saxifraga Granulata. 



40 "Might be Bathyrns Maritimus, in which case a very in- 

 teresting record; or it might be Ononis Arvensis: Rest-harrow." 

 (G. F. Scott-Elliot r/i litt. 3, ix. 1909.) 



41 Aqiiilegia Vulgaris, var. 



42 9i miles S.S.-E. of Jardine Hall. The residence in 1828 of 

 Sir W. J.'s friend, John Dalrymple Murray. 



45 St a phyla Pinnata. 



44 Cytisus Scopavjus, var.? 



45 Roughly speaking, the Barony of Ross may be described as 

 comprising two-thirds, and lying towards the south-eaat, of the 

 parish of Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire; it gives the title of 

 " Viscount R-oss " to the Duke of Buccleuch. 



46 Presumably the Pied Wagtail : Motacilla Lugubris. 



47 The Dipper: Cinrhis Aquaticus. " I usually hear the song 

 of this cheery bird on bright sunny days in January." (J. Ruther- 

 ford in litt. 16, ix. 1909.) The Dipjjer sings far more frequently in 

 December than in the other winter months. 



48 Laurustinus. " Naturally flowering hereabouts in late 

 December, and in January. Regularly suffers from severe frosts, 

 and the flowers are continually destroyed. The plant is, however, 

 an evergreen and the foliage is consequently not shed. The foliage 

 is, I think, very seldom, if ever, frosted." (R. Service, in litt. 

 11, X. 1909.) 



49 Azalea Pro'cox, early. 



50 " Salmon spawn in the River Annan from November to 



