128 BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
Banks of Canal near the castle :— 
Genista tinctoria 
Ben Lomond. 
Thursday, 24th July 1851. 
Party consisting of J. H. Balfour, Hugh Cowan, William 
Cunningham, George Drysdale, Alex. E. Duff, Alex. D. Gulland, 
J. K. Jackson, Charles Jenner, Chris. Kerr, John Kerr, William 
Liddell, R. M‘Dowall, John Matthews, J. Rany, James Robertson, 
John Ross, John Sibbald, Patrick Heron Watson, Christ. Young, 
met at the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Station at 11 a.m. 
and proceeded to Glasgow. Left baggage at hotel close to railway, 
went to St. Rollox and saw Mr. Tennant’s works. Then 
visited the Cathedral and the University, saw the Hunterian 
Museum through the kindness of Dr. Allen Thomson. Dined at 
Josez Hotel at 3 p.m. for Is. 6d. each. Joined the steamboat at 
the Broomielaw at 4 p.m., and proceeded to Bowling and thence 
by train to Balloch. At Balloch went on board steamboat on 
Loch Lomond about 6 p.m. and reached Inverarnan about 
9.30 p.m. Return tickets had been granted by the E. & G. 
Railway, third class 5s., Dumbarton and Loch Lomond Co., first 
class 4s., total 9s. At Inverarnan the party were comfortably 
accommodated at M‘Lellan’s Inn. 
Friday, 25th July 1851. 
Party rose about 4 a.m. and proceeded to gather :-— 
Pinguicula lusitanica Malaxis paludosa 
Quercus (many forms in Glen _ Hymenophyllum Wilsoni 
Falloch) Lycopodium inundatum 
Proceeded to the rocks on the northern side of Ben Lomond 
and thence to the summit. 
Gathered :— 
Cochlearia alpina Saxifraga nivalis 
Silene acaulis Gnaphalium supinum 
Cerastium alpinum Poa alpina 
Sibbaldia procumbens Polystichum Lonchitis 
