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that Fraser, the forester, had received a letter, which 

 limited our visit to two davs. This oblicred us to alter 

 our plans. "We had intended to visit that day the south 

 side of Glen Fee in one party, and the next day to go up 

 Glen Dole. "We now arranged that Messrs. Alison, Stuart, 

 and Xorman should, with the forester, proceed by Glen 

 Dole to the station of the Lychnis alpina, Linn., on Little 

 Gilrannock, while the rest of us should examine the corrie 

 on the south side of Glen Fee for Cara: aljnna, Sw., and 

 Carex GraJiami, Boott. L^nfortunately, before we reached 

 the corrie, it came on to rain, and it continued to rain 

 most of the day, making things very uncomfortable for us, 

 as the wind also was cold, and thick mist drifted over the 

 rocks. Carex Graliami was found in one spot in a wet, 

 level place, some distance up the rocks, but not very much 

 of it, and it is desirable that when it is found again it 

 should be treated tenderly, as it might easily be extirpated. 

 We got some good specimens, but spared the roots. It 

 grows a foot or 18 inches high, and is not unlike a large 

 C. pulla, only not so dark in colour. "We gathered also 

 Carex vaginata, Tausch ; Carex atrata, Linn. : and very hand- 

 some specimens of Carex rigido.. Good. "We searched long, 

 but unsuccessfully, for Carex alpvna. If the day had not 

 been so wretchedly bad, we should probably have found it, 

 as it seems to grow on more than one spot ; but, as I now 

 understand, we were most of the time hunting on the 

 wrong ground. "We meant to go out at the top of the 

 corrie and round by the head of the glen to the other side 

 of the Fee Burn, to examine the upper rocks there for 

 Woodsia, and then to meet the other party in Glen Dole : 

 but we had spent so much time in the corrie, and were so 

 wet, that that part of the programme had to be given up. 

 The only other plants we found worth mentioning were 

 Veronica alpina, Linn., Epilohium ahinefoliurn, Till., and 

 E. alpinum, Linn. One or two plants of Tetraijlodon 

 mnioides, B. and S., were also found. On returning to 

 Acharn, we met the rest of our company, who reported 

 that there was still a considerable quantity of Lychnis 

 alpina in its old station. 



On Thursday, 1.3th July, we walked up to Loch Brandy, 

 where one of the party fished with more zeal than success. 



