PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 137 
Beattock, Garpol Linn, Beld Crag. 
Saturday, 10th July 1852. 
Party of about 40 met at the Caledonian Railway Station at 
7.30 a.m. and proceeded by train at 7.45 to Beattock. Return 
tickets, including the returning by the express train at night, 4s. 
(Some went by cheaper train for 2s. 6d., returning at 4.28 by 
another cheap train.) 
At Beattock Station met the Rev. Mr. Little of Kirkpatrick 
Juxta, who directed us on our way and accompanied us to the 
Garpol Linn, where we got many good plants. Then we walked 
across the country to the Beld Crag, a rich locality. On our way 
back to the station visited the Manse garden, where many good 
alpines are cultivated by Mr. Little. 
Reached the station about 6.45 p.m. in time for tea, and 
returned by express train at 7.44, reaching Edinburgh at 9.30. 
List of the plants got :— 
Garpol Linn :-— 
Aquilegia vulgaris 
Rubus carpinifolius 
»  Saxatilis 
Vaccinium Oxycoccus (near) 
Gy mnadenia conopsea (near) 
o albida (near) 
At Beld Crag :— 
Pyrola secunda 
Carex sylvatica 
Near Beattock :— 
teed rubrum 
Genista ti ria 
Spirzea penned 
Jasione montana 
Ligustrum vulgare 
Rumex aquaticus 
Near Beld Crag :— 
Hypericum humifusum 
Veronica scutellata 
Hymenophyllum Wilsoni 
Cystopteris fragilis 
Lastrea Oreopteris 
Polypodium Dryopteris 
pe Phegopteris 
Holcus mollis 
Asplenium viride 
Potamogeton oblongus 
Carex palleseens 
»  levigata 
fulva 
Ophioglossum vulgatum 
ycopodium clavatum 
Veronica Anagallis 
Allosorus crispus 
