PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 14! 
Saturday, 24th July 1852. 
Party left Brodick by steamboat at 6.30 a.m., reached Largs 
about 8.30. Dr. Greville met the party. Several went on to 
Glasgow and to other places on the Clyde. Thirty sat down 
along with Dr. G. in the Brisbane Arms to breakfast. Mr. 
Cunningham had kindly provided breakfast for the whole party. 
After breakfast the party walked by the shore to Wemyss Bay, 
gathering on the road the following specimens :— 
Lepidium Smithii Sueda maritima 
Raphanus maritimus Hippophaé rhamnoides 
Lepigonum marinum cirpus pauciflorus 
Hypericum dubium Blysmus compressus 
maculatum + rufus 
Malva moschata Rhynchospora alba 
Spirzea salicifolia Carex extensa 
Cotyledon Umbilicus (abun- Triticum repens 
dant at Wemyss Bay) a laxum 
Sedum anglicum ; 
Lythrum Salicaria Asplenium marinum (Wemyss 
Carum verticillatum ‘Ba 
Aster Tripolium Scolopendrium vulgare 
Anagallis tenella Osmunda regalis 
Samolus Valerandi Ceramium rubrum (various 
Erythrea linarifolia states 
Mertensia maritima Desmarestia aculeata 
Scutellaria galericulata Fucus ceranoides (fine speci- 
Beta maritima men 
On reaching Wemyss Bay, party went on board the steamboat 
and reached Glasgow about 6.30 p.m. Visited college, cathedral, 
and cemetery, and after getting tea went by train at 3.30 p.m. 
to Edinburgh. 
Ireland. 
Friday, 6th August 1852. 
A party consisting of J. H. Balfour, John Sutherland, Philip 
Cockell, Alexander Cowan, P. Neill Fraser, William John 
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