PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR, QI 
Gallowshall, Dalkeith, Musselburgh, Portobello. 
Saturday, 21st July 1849. 
Party of about 30 met at the North British Railway Station 
at 8 a.m. and proceeded to Gallowshall and thence to Dalkeith, 
where we met Mr. M‘Intosh, who kindly conducted us through 
the Duke of Buccleuch’s garden and grounds. We proceeded 
by the banks of the Esk as far as Musselburgh, and thence 
walked to Portobello to meet the train, arriving in Edinburgh 
about 5 p.m. 
The following is a list of the plants gathered in Dalkeith 
Woods and on the banks of the Esk :— 
Papaver somniferum Cherophyllum temulentum 
Rhoeas Anthriscus vulgaris 
Rarbaree vulgaris sylvestris 
Iberis amara Heracleum Sphondylium 
Silene inflata Torilis Anthriscus 
Alliaria officinalis | ‘aouutienns vulgare 
Hypericum poate | Sambucus nigra 
| 
rsutum Lonicera Periclymenum 
eee iiveseis Valeriana officinalis 
» rotundifolia Doronicum Pardalianches 
Geranium sylvaticum Senecio sylvaticus 
es ratense »  jacobzea 
‘ Robertianum Carduus tenuiflorus 
Medicago Iupulina »  acanthoides 
Spirzea Ulmaria Centaurea nigra 
Geum urbanum Lapsana communis 
Rosa tomentosa Crepis paludosa 
» canina Hieracium sabaudum 
Ribes Grossularia Sonchus arvensis 
» Yrubrum Tragopogon minor 
Epilobium hirsutum Campanula latifolia 
parviflorum | Campanula _rapunculoides 
Circzea lutetiana naturalised) 
Conium maculatum 4 rotundifolia 
Petroselinum sativum ” persicifolia (on 
Pimpinella Saxifraga banks of Esk) 
Myrrhis odorata » Media (naturalised) 
