102 Mr Symington Grieve on the 



for you have tlie sea-level along the east coast, and an 

 elevation of 4296 feet on the top of Ben Macdhui, The 

 district appears to have been well explored from a botanical 

 point of view, as 705 plants have been noted. 



93. North Aherdeai. — There are no elevations above 

 2368 feet, so we naturally expect to find the Arctic- 

 Alpine flora absent ; but only 472 plants are recorded. 



94. Banff. — Another maritime county, with all eleva- 

 tions from the sea-level up to 4095 feet ; the number of 

 plants that have been noted is 524. 



95. Elgin. — Tliis maritime county has no great eleva- 

 tions, and is more limited in its area than some others. 

 The number of plants recorded in it is 573. 



96. Easterness. — This extensive Watsonian vice-county 

 comprises within its limits the county of Nairn, It has a 

 rich littoral, bleak moorlands, deep glens, and rugged 

 mountains. The highest elevation is 4000 feet. The 

 botanist will find here an extensive field for work, especially 

 among the more remote portions. The plants on record 

 number 552. 



97. Westerness. — Is a maritime vice-county, which 

 extends south as far as the northern shore of Loch Etive, 

 and to the west comprises the districts of Lochiel, 

 Ardgower, Arduamurchan, and Morven in Argyllshire, 

 and stretches up the west coast of the mainland of Inver- 

 ness-shire to Glenelg. Within its limits is Ben Nevis, the 

 highest mountain in the British Isles, with an elevation of 

 4406 feet. This district has therefore the greatest number 

 of zones of vegetation, as it extends from the sea-level up 

 to the summit of Ben Nevis. There are many rare plants, 

 and this vice-county has not been worked as it ought ; 

 only 289 have yet been noted. 



98. Argyll. — This is Mr Watson's name for a vice- 

 county wdiich is bounded on the north by a line drawn 

 from Loch Luydan to the head of Loch Etive, and along 

 its southern shore to Loch Linnhe. It extends southwards 

 to the isthmus that separates East and AYest Loch Tarbert. 

 On the east it is bounded by the Kyles of Bute, the 

 Cowal shore of the Firth of Clyde, Loch Long, and north- 

 wards by the boundary of the county of Argyll. It 

 extends westwards to the Sound of Jura and the Firth of 



