PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 295 
Cathcart, Busby. 
Saturday, 23rd July 1859. 
Party of 20 met at the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 
Station at 7 a.m. and proceeded to Glasgow. Thence went by 
omnibus to Cathcart, met Mr. Keddie, also Mr. Crum’s gardener, 
and the Cathcart schoolmaster, and walked by banks of the Cart 
through various properties, for which permission had been ob- 
tained. Visited Cathcart Castle. Crossed the Cart at different 
points. Walked along the banks of the Kethock and reached 
Busby about 2 p.m. Dined at Mr Crum’s. Met the minister of 
Busby, Free Church Minister of East Kilbride, Dr. Ross of 
Busby, and others. Visited Mr. Crum’s garden and _ houses. 
Left about 4 p.m. by omnibus for Glasgow, reaching Edinburgh 
by train at 5.30 p.m. 
Among the plants gathered were the following :— 
Trifolium medium Verbascum Thapsus 
Vicia sylvatica | Veronica montana 
Rubus carpinifolius Plantago maritima (on rock 
Fragaria elatior on banks of Cart) 
Agrimonia Eupatoria Atriplex erecta 
Rosa villosa Polygonum Bistorta 
»» canina, var. Epipactis latifolia 
arvensis Ruscus aculeatus 
Sachin Telephium Alisma Plantago 
acre (var., in woods) Milium effusum 
Editisa Cynapium Poa nemoralis (a peculiar 
Arctium majus form like Poa Balfourii) 
Hieracium denticulatum Bromus asper 
Pyrola secunda Triticum caninum 
(said to be got in woods Polypodium Dryopteris 
near Busby) Phegopteris 
Campanula latifolia Dehiticloneisil vulgatum 
(chiefly white) (Cathcart woods) 
Symphytum officinale 
