PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 85 
From Melrose the party went by road to Newtown, then 
descended to the banks of the river, seer te the following 
plants :— 
Fumaria capreolata Hieracium Pilosella 
3 _ Officinalis 3 sylvaticum 
Barbarea vulgaris Apargia hispida 
Cardamine sylvatica Echium (partly in flower) 
Sinapis arvensis Thymus Serpyllum 
Reseda Luteola Plantago media (abundant) 
Trifolium procumbens Orchia mascula 
Anthyllis Vulneraria », latifolia 
Vicia Cracca +» maculata 
Rosa tomentosa Briza media 
Sedum Telephium (not in 
flower) 
Crossed the ferry to Dryburgh and visited the Abbey, Sir 
W. Scott’s tomb. 
Picked :— 
Cheiranthus Cheiri Taxus baccata 
Geranium lucidum 
Returned by train leaving Newtown at 6 and reaching Edin- 
burgh at 8 p.m. 
Longniddry, Gosford, Aberlady, Luffness, Gullan, a 
Drem. 
Saturday, 23rd June 1849. 
Party of about 30 met at the North British Railway Terminus 
at 8 a.m. and proceeded to Longniddry (having received third- 
class return tickets from Drem, 2s.), visited woods at Gosford, 
and were allowed by Mr. Addison to walk through the grounds 
and to see the ponds. 
Picked :— 
In the ponds :— 
Nymphea alba Chara flexilis 
Myriophyllum spicatum : 
