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Friday morning was just such another day, and only one or two 

 of the i^arty ventured out. Another corrie on the same or south 

 side of the glen was made for, but nothing of importance was got 

 except a very pretty variety of Saxi/raga hypri aides, the white 

 petals of which were each tipped with most beautiful rose colour ; 

 this plant, however, I am sorry to say, has not retained this peculiar 

 character to any great extent under cultivation. Cgstopteris 

 montana was seen in small quantity on this excursion also. 



Saturday was the great day of the meeting, and a more glorious 

 morning could not be, the sun shining out brightly, made every- 

 thing look fresh and beautiful after the rain of the previous day. 

 The drive was again to ]VIr Willison's farm, who, I may say, not 

 only on this but on the previous occasion, was most hospitable, supply- 

 ing everything that was nice in the shape of scones and cheese and 

 delightful new milk, as well as a little of the wine of the country. 

 He also very kindly provided us with a guide. The object of this 

 day's work was to investigate the Forest of Mamlorn, which lies at 

 the very head of the Lochy Glen to the north, and is entered near 

 the base of Ben Challum. Craig Mhor, 3305 feet above the level 

 of the sea, rises in the centre of the forest, and round the base of 

 this mountain the best botanising ground was situated. After 

 walking about five or six miles from where we had left our carriages, 

 we reached the Forest of Mamlorn, and were not long in finding 

 good rocks, where, to our great delight, the finest masses of Cystop- 

 teris montana were found ; this place seems to be the headquarters 

 of this fern, as nowhere else has it been seen in the same profusion 

 and in such large sheets without any admixture of grass, &c., with 

 which it is usually found mixed. At this place I saw one mass 12 

 feet long by 1|- foot wide, nothing but fronds, and perfectly free 

 from weeds, and a most beautiful sight it was, for when grown (as it 

 was here) in a shady damp situation, it almost rivals Polypodium 

 Dryopteris in delicate beauty and freshness. Bartsia alpina was 

 seen here also, and some of the members were fortunate in getting 

 a few plants of Woodsia hyperhorea at these first rocks, and Juncus 

 castaneus was also gathered by more than one of the party. In 

 wending our way upwards we reached the first ridge on Craig Mhor, 

 from which the view was fine in the extreme — the atmosphere Avas 

 so clear that we could see a distance of thirty or forty miles quite 

 distinctly. Some of the party went to the top of Craig Mhor, from 

 which the view was even finer. Nothing of any importance could 

 be seen to the south-east, as the close proximity of high hills in that 

 direction shut out the distance, but the view to the north-west was 

 open as far as the Morven Hills, and between which and whore we 



