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Mr. ]\Iilne, set out to "o to Cam Clireao- but, on reachinir 

 the place on the Kenmore road from which the ascent is 

 usually made, a ferocious "West Highland bull disputed our 

 passage, and in consequence we lost " tracks," and " got off 

 the line." Perhaps it was as well, as we have often been 

 at Cam Chreag before, but never in the corrie of Ben 

 Cruban, a mountain situated midway between Creag-na- 

 Caillich and Meall-nan-Tarmachan. We had a most 

 toilsome ascent to the rocks, wliicli were not reached till 

 after one o'clock. The hard walking of the previous days 

 had, we suppose, told- on our powers of locomotion in some 

 degree. However, after a rest, a scramble among the 

 ledges was undertaken, which were found to be well 

 furnished with all the ordinary alpine plants. Although 

 these rocks are not so extensive as those at Cam Chreag or 

 Creag-na-Caillich, there is a far greater profusion of the 

 alpines. One rock-face on the left side of the corrie, with 

 a rough cleft in it from near the summit of the mountain, 

 was about the most attractive rock garden we have seen 

 for some time.- Here flourished Salix reticulata, L. ; S. 

 hcrhacea, L. ; Dryas odo'pctala, L. ; Veronica saxaiilis, L. ; 

 Silene acaulis, L., var. aurea, and the ordinary form in sheets 

 of bloom, a beautiful sight at any time ; Saxifraga nivalis, 

 L., in great abundance and in fine flower ; S. aizoides, L. ; 

 S. liijpnoidcs, L. ; S. stellaris, L., and S. oppositifolia, L., all 

 in bright bloom. Several specimens of Juncus higlumis, 

 L., were observed and left. Draha rupestris, Br., and D. 

 incana, L., in both flower and fruit ; Cochlcaria alpina,. 

 Wats., Cerastium alpiiiiim, L., and G. latifolium, Sm. ; 

 Aspidium Lonchitis, Sw. ; Asjjlenium viride, Huds. ; Poly- 

 podium alpcstre, Hoppe, were more plentiful than in any 

 other station. Many seedling forms of these and other 

 ferns growing in the cracks of these rocks were very in- 

 teresting to look at, but difficult to identify. Several 

 Hieracia growing higher up in the cliffs were as yet 

 not in flower. Although the walk to Ben Cruban is 

 a very toilsome one from the boggy nature of the 

 ground, the mountain is worthy of more careful explora- 

 tion than we were able to give it with the time we had 

 at command. The plants are mostly together, and easily 

 collected. 



