158 BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
Specimen of stem of mountain ash, with twining honeysuckle 
much compressed. 
Dysart, Ravenscraig Castle, Wemyss. 
Saturday, 28th May 1853. 
Party of 126 met at the Northern Railway Station at 9.45 a.m. 
and proceeded to Dysart. Walked to Ravenscraig Castle, and 
gathered :-— 
Pyrus Malus Salvia Verbenaca 
Smyrnium Olusatrum 
Many sea-weeds along shore. 
Entered woods at Dysart and walked through them. 
Plants gathered :— 
Aconitum Napellus Doronicum plantagineum 
Berberis vulgaris Symphytum tuberosum 
Geum agrimonioides (natural- Lamium maculatum 
ised in woods) Conyallaria majalis 
Saxifraga Geum - Ruscus aculeatus 
»»  umbrosa Ornithogalum umbellatum 
»  granulata Lilium Martagon 
Viburnum Lantana 
Saw fine Rhododendrons, particularly a new species, &. 
salignum, from Sikkim. Also saw Fuchsia syringeflora. 
From Dysart walked by shore to Western and Eastern 
Wemyss amidst rain, which continued from 2.30 p.m. till evening. 
Near Wemyss Castle, gathered :— 
Lepidium latifolium Humulus Lupulus 
In caves at Wemyss :— 
Asplenium marinum | 
North Queensferry, Inverkeithing, Donibristle, Aberdour, 
Burnti . 
Saturday, 4th June 1853. 
Party of between 80 and go proceeded to Granton, went by 
steamboat to Queensferry—fares 4d. each, besides 2d. at Granton 
Pier. Landed at Queensferry for 3d. each, 
