PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 157 
At 4 p.m. we left by train for Dublin and arrived at Ander- 
son’s Hotel at 10.30 p.m. Here the botanical trip ended ; the 
parties who remained to the last being—J. H. Balfour, 
Alexander Cowan, William John Menzies. 
EXCURSIONS IN 1853. 
Granton, Cramond, Craigcrook. 
Saturday, 14th May 1853. 
Party of about 100 met at Granton at 11 and walked by shore 
to Cramond, up the Almond. Returned by Craigcrook, and 
reached Edinburgh about 5.30 p.m. Return ticket Is. 
Ordinary sea-side plants, gathered :— 
Cochlearia officinalis Symphytum officinale (not in 
Acer platanoides (plantations)| flower 
Vicia sativa Linaria Cymbalaria(Ravelston) 
», lathyroides (Cramond Euphorbia Lathyris (banks of 
Island) Almond 
Potentilla verna Convallaria multiflora (banks 
Armeria maritima of Almond) 
Primula vulgaris, var. Equisetum limosum 
Gorebridge, Arniston, Dalhousie. 
Saturday, 21st May 1853. 
Party of 128 met at North British Railway Station at 11 a.m. 
and proceeded to Gorebridge ; walked to Arniston, and then by 
the banks of the water to Dalhousie and met train there at 
7.31 p.m. Return ticket, Is. 
Plants gathered :— 
Ranunculus auricomus Doronicum plantagineum 
= Ficaria Pulmonaria offici 
Aconitum Napellus Lathraea Squamaria 
Stellaria nemorum Neottia Nidus-avis (old spikes) 
Prunus Avium Arum maculatum 
Chrysosplenium alternifolium Scolopendrium vulgare 
Adoxa Moschatellina Equisetum Telmateia 
Asperula taurina Morchella esculenta 
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