PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 31 
Met boat about 3.30 p.m., and found all the rest of the party 
on board. Proceeded to Dumbarton, thence by steamboat to 
Glasgow, and returned to Edinburgh by to o’clock train. 
Merchiston, Colinton, Bonaly, Habbie’s Howe. Currie. 
Saturday, 25th July 18406. 
Party of 20 met at Bruntsfield Links at 9 am. Walked by 
Merchiston and Colinton to Bonaly, thence by Pentlands to 
Habbie’s Howe, and returned by Black Springs and Currie to 
Edinburgh about 7.30 p.m. 
Picked :— 
Sedum villosum . Mimulus luteus (in abund- 
Epilobium angustifolium ance at Bonaly ponds) 
Galium pusillum Veronica scutellata 
Solidago Virgaurea Littorella lacustris 
Carduus heterophyllus Habenaria viridis 
Hieracium prenanthoides Juniperus communis 
inuloides ? Lastrzea Oreopteris 
Campanula latifolia Botrychium Lunaria 
Gentiana campestris Lycopodium clavatum 
Pilularia globulifera 
EXCURSIONS IN 1847. 
Granton and Cramond. 
Saturday, 15th May 1847. 
Proceeded to Granton and Cramond, returned about 5.30 p.m. 
75 pupils went. 
Picked :— 
Acer platanoides Orchis mascula 
Saxifraga granulata : Convallaria multiflora 
Myrrhis odorata Carex arenaria 
Symphytum officinale Morchella esculenta 
Neottia Nidus-avis (not in Polyporus squamosus 
flower) 
