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8th of June. On this occasion there was a better attendance of 

 members. Starting from the Hexham station, the party proceeded 

 to Dipton, or Deepdene, as I believe it was originally called : from 

 thence two or three of the members extended their walk by Dotland 

 Park to Dukesfield, in search of Lysimachia vulgaris, which had 

 lately been observed to grow in that place. They fortunately suc- 

 ceeded in obtaining the object of their search. The rest of the party 

 spent the morning very agreeably in following the downward course 

 of Dipton Burn, through a romantic valley, varied with bold rocks 

 and overhanging woods. Some rare plants were collected, particu- 

 larly Neottia Nidus-avis and Melica nutans. 



" The third meeting took place on the 22nd of June. The tract of 

 country selected for the excursion was Hordondene. The usual 

 raagnesian limestone plants were gathered, including some of the 

 rarer of the Orchis tribe; Epipactis ensifolia was got in fine flower; 

 and the fly orchis {Ophrys muscifera) was also obtained. The 

 beautiful Primula farinosa was found growing in such profusion in 

 one spot near Easington, as to colour the ground with its lilac 

 flowers. 



" The fourth meeting was at the Northumberland lakes, on the 

 20th of July. The party pursued the devious footing of a rustic 

 track through the valley of Bardon Burn to Chesterholme. The 

 wooded sides of the valley afforded one or two good plants to the 

 botanist, the most attractive of which was the pretty Pyrola minor. 

 Crepis succissefolia and Orobanche major were likewise gathered. 

 At Chesterholme the numerous well-preserved antiquities obtained 

 from the neisrhbouring station attracted much attention. After ex- 

 ploring the remains of the Roman station of Vindolana, the party 

 crossed the country to the old military road, in the vicinity of which 

 are the little moorland lakes, or loughs, as they are provincially 

 called, that were to form the boundary of the day's excursion. These 

 loughs, situated in a wild district unadorned with wood, possess little 

 picturesque beauty, with the exception of Crag Lough, a small sheet 

 of water lying beneath fine basaltic cliffs, formed by the tvJun-sill, 

 which here rises into a range of hills crossing the country in a direc- 

 tion nearly east and west, and presenting a bold escarpment to the 

 north. These hills give a striking character to the surrounding 

 scene, and are well known to the antiquary from the circumstance of 

 the celebrated Roman wall passing along their summits. A few of 

 the members explored the northern shore of Crag Lough, where Mr. 

 Storey gathered Potamogeton rufescens, P. perfoliatus and P. pecti- 



