PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 79 
Visited gardens at Arniston, where the gardener cultivates 
many good alpine plants, and a fine collection of mosses in pots. 
Proceeded to woods and found :— 
Ranunculus auricomus Chrysosplenium alternifolium 
Lychnis dioica Myrrhis odorata 
Stellaria nemorum Doronicum plantagineum 
Holostea Pulmonaria officinalis 
Ulex europzeus Lathrza Squamaria, para- 
Sarothamnus scoparius sitic on roots of Prunus 
Prunus spinosa Lauro-cerasus 
»  Avium Scilla nutans 
3 ~~ Gerasus Paris quadrifolia 
Padus Arum maculatum (not quite 
Fragaria vesca out 
Potentilla Fragariastrum Equisetum Telmateia 
Chrysosplenium oppositi- 
olium 
After leaving the woods at Arniston passed Kirkhill and 
entered Dalhousie Woods, where we found profusion of Vzola 
odorata in fruit near Prestonholme, also Arum maculatum in 
fine flower. 
Ribes alpinum Vinca minor (blue and white) 
Adoxa Moschatellina Anchusa sempervirens 
Viburnum Lantana Orchis mascula 
Valeriana pyrenaica | Convallaria majalis (in bud) 
Examined the woods near Dalhousie Station and picked a 
single specimen of Neottia Nidus-avis in bud. 
Returned by train which left Dalhousie at 5.15 p.m. 
Kirkcaldy, Ravenscraig Castle, Dysart Woods, Pettycur, 
Burntisland. 
Saturday, 26th May 1849. 
Party of 50 met at Chain Pier, Newhaven, at 9.45 a.m., and 
went by steamboat to Kirkcaldy, visited Ravenscraig Castle 
under the direction of Mr. Laing, gardener to the Earl of Rosslyn. 
