164 BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
Picked :— 
Lavatera arborea Beta maritima 
Hyoscyamus niger Narcissus biflorus 
On returning some visited Tantallon and got :— 
Lepidium latifolium | Silybum Marianum 
Others went to Berwick Law, others walked by road to North 
Berwick, and picked :— 
Silene noctiflora 
Convolvyulus sepium (not in 
flower) 
Hippophaé rhamnoides 
Abundance of Petasites fragrans in a wood close to North 
Berwick. Afterwards went to the Common and walked by it to 
Dirleton. 
Plants gathered were :— 
Ayssum calycinum Anagallis tenella 
Reseda lutea - Cynoglossum officinale 
Silene conica Calamintha Acinos 
- Galium Mollugo Equisetum variegatum 
Thrincia hirta 
Between Dirleton and railway station :— 
Fumaria parviflora 
And near the station :— 
Iberis amara Anthemis Cotula 
Returned by train, reaching Edinburgh at 7.45 p.m. 
Overtown, Wishaw. 
Saturday, 16th July 1853. 
Party of 24 met at Caledonian Railway Station—day very 
wet—and proceeded to Overtown. Return ticket from Wishaw 
2s. 6d. 
On reaching Overtown the rain was falling very heavily, 
nevertheless the party visited the banks of Garrion Burn, which 
was much swollen. A number of ordinary plants were — 
Ferns and grasses large and abundant. 
