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Duns; Frank Hull, Lilleshall, Newport, Salop; David Inglis, 
Kirkcaldy ; James Johnstone, Alloway Cottage, Ayr; James 
Kay, Bute; John Kerr, Barney Mains, Haddington; D. P. 
Laird, Pinkhill, Murrayfield; George Leven, St Quivox, Ayr; 
S. MacBean, Erskine, Bishopton; John M‘Callum, St Ann’s 
Cottage, Lockerbie; James M/‘Donald, Powerscourt, Co. 
Wicklow; John M‘Kerchar, Upper Holloway, London ; 
W. H. Mackenzie, Dean Road, Kilmarnock; W. H. Massie, 
Edinburgh; John Methven, Blythswood; James Middleton, 
Braehead House, Kilmarnock; Alex. Milne, Edinburgh; R. W. 
Milne, Hillside, Lockerbie; J. H. Milne-Home, Broomlands, 
Kelso; Alex. Morgan, Turret Bank, Crieff; Hugh Morgan, 
Crieff; A. J. Munro, Edinburgh; Alex. Murray, Murthly ; 
A. D. Page, Culzean, Maybole; Colonel J. Porteous, 
Turfhills, Kinross; W. M. Price, Minto, Hawick; A. D. 
Richardson, Asszstant Editor, Portobello; A. B. Robertson, 
Dean Road, Kilmarnock; H.  Rutherfurd, Fairnington, 
Roxburgh; David T. Samson, Grantown, Strathspey; Frank 
Scott, Blackmoor, West Liss, Hants; Thos. Sharpe, Monreith, 
Wigtownshire; James Shiel, Abbey St Bathans, Grant’s 
House; James Shields, Longniddry; John Smith, Peebles; 
* Adam Spiers, Edinburgh; Wm. Steven, Dalkeith; Duncan 
D. Stewart, Castlehill, Inchture; Wm. Stewart, Dalhousie ; 
Jas. Stoddart, Bonnyrigg; Fraser Story, University College, 
Bangor; Robert Taylor, Broomhall, Charlestown; Jas. Wm. 
Watt, Carlisle; E. Whittinghame, St Mary’s, Newport, Salop ; 
Jas. Whitton, Glasgow ; J. Williamson, Loanhead ; Wm. Wilson, 
Auchinleck ; Edward Wiseman, Elgin. 
Victoria Park, Partick, was the first on the programme, and 
the chief item of interest here was the fossil grove, the stems 
of the trees forming which have been preserved zz sztu. The 
inspection of the park over, the party drove by Balshagray 
Avenue and Great Western Road to the Botanic Gardens. 
In passing through Balshagray Avenue, some grand old elm 
and beech were seen, but, alas! these are rapidly dying, and 
their end is being ‘appreciably hastened by the construction of 
a sewer in the middle of the roadway. In the Botanic Gardens, 
too, the conditions are now much less favourable to tree-growth 
than formerly, and it was noted that here also the old beech 
were on the wane. From the Botanic Gardens, in which is 
a fine range of plant-houses, including the well-known Kibble 
