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Dr. Walker Arnott made some observations on the supposed occurrence 

 of Achillcea tormentosa, near Belvie in Dumbartonshire, and on the bills 

 near Paisley, as mentioned by Hopkirk. The probability is, that the 

 plants found at these stations were specimens of Achillaea millefolium in 

 a young state. The plant was also reported in Mr. Babington's manual, 

 as found in Banffshire. Dr. Arnott had carefully investigated into this 

 statement, and ascertained that there was every reason to believe that the 

 plant had been introduced at a former period from the south of Europe, 

 and that the specimen seen by Mr. Babington had sprung from a root 

 dug up in the progress of some alterations in a garden where it had 

 originally been cultivated. Dr. Arnott added, that, about twenty years 

 ago, this was a common plant in gardens and nurseries. Mr. Leeshing 

 stated that this plant was a favourite of the common people in Germany, 

 who cultivated it for medicinal purposes. Dr. George Macleod exhibited 

 specimens of SmUax officinalis, S. sarsae, and other species of Sarsa- 

 parilla, in a state better fitted for botanical examination than is usual 

 with the specimens imported for commercial purposes. 



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