PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 81 
Tranent, Ormiston, Prestonhall Woods, Ford, 
Crichton, Tynehead. 
Saturday, 9th June 1849. 
Party of 35 ‘met at the North British Railway Station at 8 a.m. 
and proceeded by the train to Tranent. Thence walked through 
the village of Tranent, and immediately after passing it turned 
to the right to go to Ormiston. 
In the wood at the back of the village we picked a considerable 
quantity of Convallaria multiflora, apparently wild, also Berberts 
vulgaris and Geum intermedium, along with G. rzvale. G. inter- 
medtum occurred on the roadside. Near Ormiston there is 
abundance of Acer campestre and the hirsute form of it, which 
was in flower and fruit, also Stellaria graminea. 
After leaving Ormiston, which is a neat village with an old 
Cross in the centre, we proceeded across a small burn and turned 
to the left until we reached a toll-house, took the road to the 
left, and entered Fountainhall Woods, which are very pretty. In 
them saw a multiplicity of fine ferns growing luxuriantly, the 
chief species being :— 
Pteris aquilina Lastrea Filix-mas 
Blechnum boreale »  Spinulosa 
Athyrium Filix-foemina 
In the woods also :— 
Fumaria officinalis Rhinanthus Crista-galli 
Oxalis Acetosella Nepeta Glechoma 
Asperula odorata Ajuga reptans 
Primula vulgaris (still in 
flower) 
From Fountainhall proceeded to Ormiston Hall Woods. 
In them there was profusion of :— 
Alliaria officinalis Rumex viridis 
Prunus Padus Agraphis nutans 
Lysimachia nemorum Arum maculatum 
Symphytum tuberosum Milium effusum 
Melampyrum pratense Equisetum arvense 
Polygonum Bistorta - sylvaticum 
Rumex sanguineus _ limosum 
