go BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
Walked back to the toll near North Berwick and_ then 
ascended Berwick Law. Picked a few common plants, as :— 
Helianthemum vulgare Veronica Anagallis (ditches 
Senecio sylvaticus 
Reached North Berwick about 4.30 p.m., and after dinner came 
by our omnibuses to Drem, meeting the train at 6.20, and 
reaching Edinburgh at 7.15. 
Colinton, Bonaly, Habbie’s Howe, Currie. 
Saturday, 14th July 1849. 
Party of 30 met at Bruntsfield Links Toll at 8.30 a.m. and 
walked to Colinton, picking on the way a number of common 
plants, especially grasses. Thence went to Bonaly and ascended 
the Pentlands, crossed to the compensation pond,. where we 
bathed. 
Picked :— 
Ranunculus aquatilis Cystopteris fragilis 
Sedum villosum Lastrea Oreopteris 
Walked to Habbie’s Howe and there lunched, and got :— 
Epilobium angustifolium | Hieracium prenanthoides 
Galium pusillum 
Proceeded by the marshy ground to the new reservoir ot the 
Water Company, thence across the river to Currie, gathering on 
the way :-— 
Botrychium Lunaria | Pilularia globulifera 
Examined banks near Currie and picked :— 
Geranium pratense 
Trifolium medium 
Valeriana officinalis 
Anchusa sempervirens 
Lilium Martagon 
Returned by railway train which passed Cherie about 
7-30 p.m. 
