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A pitiless rain, which never ceased till several hours after we 
reached Callander, frustrated all our botanical expectations. This 
was however no great disappointment, because all the plants 
occurring between Doune and Callander, and many more than 
these, were seen over and over again in the course of our peregri- 
nations. The most prominent plants, seen from the road, were 
Tris Pseudacorus (just coming into flower) and Habenaria bifolia, 
with her taller sister, H. chlorantha, which had been in flower for 
some time. 
Our first walk from Callander, which was the centre of our opera- 
tions for several days, was along the Lochearn road to Kilmahog, 
a hamlet adjoining the Pass of Leny, which we did not visit at 
this time, reserving it for a future opportunity. The road to Ben 
Lawers by Lochearn Head and Killin passes through this Pass 
and along the northern shore of Loch Lubnaig, one of the finest 
walks in the highlands of Perthshire. Although our object was 
chiefly to observe the vegetation of the Central Highlands, yet to 
pass by the celebrated picturesque objects which attract annually 
thousands of tourists of all grades,—from the man of title and 
property, with his escutcheoned chariot, to the humble pedestrian 
with his knapsack and on his legs,—would have evinced want of 
taste and curiosity both. In the summer season two or more 
coaches leave Stirling for the Trosachs daily ; in fine weather the 
number of visitors is increased manifold. Such celebrities as 
the Trosachs, the Brig o’ Turk, Benvenue, and Loch Katrine, 
being only nine or ten miles distant, could not be passed by un- 
visited, and especially as an opportunity for botanizing would be 
afforded along the shores of Loch Vennachar, Loch Achray, and 
through the Trosachs. 
Our short walk along the road from Callander to Kilmahog, 
only between two and three miles, did not yield much. The 
beauty and luxuriance of Rosa villosa, the common Hed Rose 
of Scotland, got some considerable share of our admiration, and 
also its near connection, R. tomentosa, with white flowers, which 
have usually a slight tinge of pink. These are the common 
hedge Roses of the parts of Scotland which we visited. There 
was noticed besides these a smooth and shining-leaved Rose, not 
then in flower, which might probably belong to the genuine Dog- 
rose series of this genus. Spirea salicifolia appeared frequently 
in the hedgerows and in other bushy, shady places. That it was 
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