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through the village of New Scone ; I there found the young man 

 who gathered the Claytonia, and who is just setting out on his 

 botanical career, full of zeal and ardour. He kindly guided and 

 accompanied me to the locale of the Claytonia, as well as of a few 

 other rarities which will be enumerated by-and-by. After rest 

 and refreshment at my young friend's residence, we left about 

 half-past ten and wended our way along the banks of the Burn 

 which runs through the Dens of Murrayshall and Bonhard. 

 Neither of these dens is so romantic and picturesque as the Den 

 of Invermay, nor so densely Avooded ; yet they are both pretty, and 

 studded with trees both natural and planted. 



The Den of Bonhard begins a little to the east of New Scone 

 village, and terminates about two hundred yards to the northward 

 of Bonhard house. It is about a half a mile in length. The south 

 side is steep and wooded, and contains the usual sylvestral plants 

 of the district, none of them apparently very rare; the north 

 side is low and cultivated to nearly the edge of the stream. Pass- 

 ing along this den we observed the following plants, some of 

 which were in flower and some not. Cardamine pratensis, 

 Carex prcecox, Prunella vulgaris, Alchemilla vulgaris and A. 

 arvensis, Veronica Beccabunga, Carduus palustris, Reseda lute- 

 ola, Hyperica pidchrum, hirsutum and perforatum, Viola syl- 

 vatica, Geum rivale and G. urbanum, Luzula pilosa abundant, 

 Luzula campestris and L. sylvatica, Lathyrus macrorhizus, 

 Buniimi flexuosum, Stellaria uliginosa and S. Holostea, Ajuga 

 reptans, Geranium sylvaticum, G. molle, and G. dissectum, Hie- 

 racium vidgatum and H. Pilosella, Orchis mascula, Galium verum 

 and G. saxatile, and G. Aparine in the hedges. Primula vul- 

 garis and Orchis mascula in profusion along with Saxifraga 

 granulata, all in blossom, adorned the banks and braes of the purl- 

 ing stream. In a rather inacessible spot, at a few yards' distance, 

 a single plant of Campanula latifolia, not yet in flower, caught my 

 eye. 



Mercurialis perennis also occasionally appeared under the 

 shade of the trees. Our common Broom, with its golden blos- 

 soms, added to the beauty of the scene ; its less hardy companion, 

 Ulex europceus, still showed some signs of animation, though al- 

 most entirely killed by the intense frost of 1860-61. 



Polypodium vulgare, Lastrea Filix~mas, and various species of 

 Hyp7ium, blended together in sweet confusion. Rosa villosa is 



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