PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 181 
Inchkeith, Inchcolm. 
Saturday, 8th July 1854. 
Party of upwards of 200 went to Inchkeith and Inchcolm. 
Tickets, including railway to Leith and steamboat, 2s. 6d. The 
party met at the railway station at 7.45 a.m., and proceeded to 
Leith. The Stirling steamboat “Prince of Wales” had been 
hired and was waiting at the West Pier. Professor Edward 
Forbes and many of his pupils joined the trip. 
The party first went to Inchkeith, where they arrived about 
9.30 a.m., and after spending three or four hours on the island 
they proceeded to Inchcolm, on which they remained for a couple 
of hours. The day was favourable, and lunch was supplied 
partly on deck. Among the interesting plants collected on 
Inchkeith were the following :— 
Sinapis nigra 
Hyoscyamus niger (very 
Conium maculatum (abun- t 
dant) 
| abundan 
| Marrubium vulgare 
Haloscias scoticum 
On Inchcolm Dépsacus sylvestris and Hyoscyamus niger were 
seen, and peculiar fasciated stems and heads of Carduus. 
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Longniddry, Gosford, Aberlady. Luffness, Gullan, 
Dirleton. 
Saturday, 15th July 1854. 
Party of about 50 met at the North British Railway Station 
at 8 am. and proceeded to Longniddry. Thence walked to 
Gosford, Aberlady, Luffness, Gullan, and Dirleton, and returned 
by train at 6.55 p.m. from Drem. Return tickets, Is. 
Amongst plants gathered were :— 
Silene anglica (near Luff- Trifolium fragiferum 
ness) Sedum album 
Silene noctiflora (Luffness, »  reflexum 
undant) Hippuris vulgaris 
