PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 129 
Reached Rowardennan in time for the steamboat at 4. 30 p.m. 
Proceeded to Glasgow. Joined train to Edinburgh at 8.30 p.m. 
and reached Edinburgh about 10.30 p.m. 
EXCURSIONS IN 1852. 
Canal, Slateford, Colinton, Woodhall, Currie. 
Saturday, 15th May 1852. 
Met at Canal Basin, Port Hopetoun, at Ioa.m. Party about 
90. Walked by Canal banks to Slateford, Colinton, Wood- 
hall, and Currie. Returned by train passing Currie at 4.16 p.m. 
Picked :-— 
Ranunculus auricomus Orchis mascula 
Berberis vulgaris Arum maculatum (Colinton 
Meconopsis cambrica Woods, right hand going 
Cardamine amara up 
Geranium pheum Bryum capillare 
Prunus Padus Agaricus campestris 
Saxifraga hypnoides (near Polyporus squamosus 
Colinton) Lepidodendron (near Currie) 
Scrophularia vernalis 
Gorebridge, Arniston, Dalhousie. 
Saturday, 22nd May 1852. 
Party of 100 proceeded by train at 11 to Gorebridge. Return 
tickets, 1s. Walked to Arniston and thence to Dalhousie. 
Joined the train at 7.30 p.m. 
Among the plants gathered were :—- 
At Arniston :— 
Aconitum Napellus Saxifraga Geum 
Cardamine amara - umbrosa 
Staphylea pinnata Ribes nigrum 
Spireea salicifolia Lilium Martagon 
Pyrus Malus Paris quadrifolia 
