PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 47 
The inn at Ballater (Monaltrie Arms, Ross) is a good one, and 
we were very comfortably accommodated. The charges also 
are upon the whole moderate. A wooden bridge crosses the 
river close to the inn. The mountains around are clothed with 
wood, and in the woods we found very large specimens of 
Trientalis europea and of Pyrola media—a plant which is 
abundant in the Braemar district, both in woods and on moors. 
Monday, 9th August 1847. 
The party started early this morning after breakfast and 
proceeded across the wooden bridge, following the banks of the 
Muick till the loch came in sight. 
In the wood near Ballater abundance of Melampyrum 
sylvaticum was gathered, and on the roadside Genista anglica 
in flower and fruit, besides sundry species of AHveractum, 
Habenaria viridis, and other plants. 
After passing through a wooded district near Ballater we 
came to a moorish district yielding few plants of interest. 
Among the plants picked were — Drosera anglica, Carex 
pauciflora, Marchantia in a fine state of fruit, and some of the 
common sub-alpine plants. Near the Falls of the Muick 
Carduus heterophyllus was seen in profusion.  <Aldchemilla 
alpina also made its appearance. On coming to the point where 
Loch Muick is seen we diverged to the right, crossed the river, 
and went towards the Hut, whence we ascended the hills, keeping 
Loch Muick on our left. On thewayup Rubus Chamaemorus, Cornus 
suectca, and Vaccinium uliginosum were gathered in fine fruit. 
Epilobtum alpinum and another species were seen. The mist 
covered the upper part of the hills, and it was impossible to see 
the summit of Lochnagar. We walked round the mountain 
towards the Dubh Loch, whence we ascended towards the 
western side of the hill, reaching a part where snow was lying in 
quantity, and where S7bdaldia procumbens, Gnaphalium supinum, 
and Azalea procumbens in flower were picked. When we reached 
the flat table-land on the western side of the hill we found profusion 
of Carex rarifiora, Sibbaldia procumbens in flower, as well as Juncus 
trifidus and Luzula spicata, The mist continued so thick that 
we found it impossible to ascend Lochnagar, accordingly we 
