PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 105 
Linlithgow, Blackness Castle, Hopetoun, Niddry Castle, 
Winchburgh. 
Saturday, 1st June 1850. 
Party of 111 went by train at 8 a.m. to Linlithgow. Visited 
palace and church under direction of Mr. G. Baird, proceeded by 
the loch of Linlithgow on the Queensferry road ; went to Binns, 
proceeded through the grounds to Blackness Castle, thence by 
shore to Hopetoun, were conducted through the grounds and 
garden by Mr. Gavin. Thence walked to Niddry Castle, and 
returned from Winchburgh by train at 7.5 p.m. 
The whole trip cost Is. 
Near Linlithgow gathered :— 
Ranunculus aquatilis | Veronica hederzfolia 
fe Flammula : 5 arvensis 
s acris »  serpyllifolia 
repens | »  Officinalis 
bulbosus » Chameedrys 
Fumaria micrantha »,  Beccabunga 
Sisymbrium officinale Lamium purpureum 
Anthriscus vulgaris 
Menyanthes trifoliata 
bed 
Near Niddry Castle :-— 
Viola canina Cherophyllum Anthriscus 
arvensis Petasites vulgaris 
Mynbis odorata Iris Pseudacorus(notin flower) 
At Binns :— 
Barbarea vulgaris | Typha (not in flower) 
At Blackness some sea plants, also :— 
Aquilegia vulgaris Armeria maritima 
Cochlearia officinalis Glaux maritima 
Thlaspi arvense Anchusa sempervirens 
Arenaria serpyllifolia Triglochin maritimum 
Alsine peploides Scirpus multicaulis 
marina Blysmus rufus 
Sigink maritima 
