PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 373 
Dalguise, Dunkeld, Murthly, Birnam. 
Saturday, 21st August 1864. 
Walked by the hills behind Dalguise to Dunkeld and then to 
Stenton Rock. Gathered a few common ferns. Could not see 
Asplenium germanicum, vegetation much withered. Crossed by 
Miller’s boat to Murthly grounds and walked to Birnam. Then 
by train to Dalguise at 5 p.m. 
Killiecrankie. 
Monday, 23rd August 1864. 
Visited Killiecrankie and gathered Lathyrus niger. The 
station of this plant nearly destroyed by the railway cutting. 
Great part of the plant covered with rubbish. Met William 
Mackintosh, the guide, who had been at Glen Tilt when the 
botanists were stopped in 1847. Heasked us to visit his cottage, 
and gave us milk, also a specimen of Cryptogramme crispa from a 
neighbouring hill. Walked through the glen and through Faskally 
grounds to Pitlochry, meeting Mr. Barbour of Bonskeid on the 
way. Returned to Dalguise at 6.5 p.m. 
Ben Lawers. 
Thursday, 25th August 1864. 
Left Dalguise at 9.30 a.m. by coach for Aberfeldy, Kenmore, 
and Lawers Inn, which was reached about one. Ascended Ben 
Lawers. Day remarkably fine, although there were a few 
showers, one of them a shower of hail. Gathered abundance of 
Sagina nivalis and other Saginas. Did not meet with Adszne 
rubella, On summit of hill found :-— 
Saxifraga nivalis 
cernua 
Leéntodon Taraxacum 
_ Myosotis alpestris 
Draba incana 
upestris 
Gerald alpinum 
_ Cherleria sedoides 
and all the ordinary alpine species. 
