64 BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
Castlecary, Denning, Larbert, Dunipace, Falkirk. 
Saturday, 20th May 1848. 
Party of about 40 met at 7 am. at Edinburgh and Glasgow 
Railway Station. Proceeded by train to Castlecary to breakfast. 
Twenty-seven breakfasted. About 15 or 16 more came by 8 
o'clock train, making in all between 50 and 60. Visited 
Castlecary Glen. Thence walked by Denning to Larbert and 
Dunipace. Bathed in the river near the bridge at Larbert. 
Visited Carron Iron Works, having an order from Mr. Dawson. 
Walked to Falkirk Station and returned by the train which 
reached Edinburgh about 6 p.m. 
Picked :— 
In Castlecary Glen :— 
Anemone nemorosa Paris quadrifolia 
Stellaria nemorum Cystopteris fragilis 
Mercurialis perennis Polystichum lobatum 
Neottia Nidus-avis (sparingly Polypodium Dryopteris 
and not in full flower) 
Between Denning and Larbert :— 
Trollius europzus Symphytum officinale 
Arenaria rubra Allium ursinum 
Myrrhis odorata 
Cockburnspath, Dunglass Dene, Pease Dene. 
Saturday, 27th May 1848. 
About 40 met at North British Railway Station at 9 a.m. 
Proceeded by train to Cockburnspath. Arrangements had been 
made by which each student received a third class return ticket 
for 2s. Met Mr. Hepburn of Whittingham at Linton. On 
reaching Cocksburnspath visited Dunglass Dene, where there 
was a great profusion of ferns, the vegetation very luxuriant. 
After leaving the Dene the party proceeded to the sea shore, 
