426 BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
Selkirk, Haining, Haining Lochs, the Ettrick, weil 
the Yarrow, Newark Castle, Bowhill. 
Saturday, 27th June 1868. 
Party of 50 met at the North British Railway Station at 6.40 a.m. 
and proceeded to Selkirk. Breakfasted there in the County 
Hotel. At breakfast they were joined by Sir Walter Elliot, Rev. 
James Ferguson, and Rev. Mr. Brown (Episcopalian minister) 
from Edinburgh. Dr, Henry Anderson and Dr. John S. Muir 
were prevented accompanying the party by medical engagements, 
Rev. Mr, Ferguson acted as guide. The Rev. Mr. Davidson, 
United Presbyterian minister, and Mr. Scott, farmer, Philiphaugh, 
also accompanied the party. After breakfast they proceeded to 
Haining, the grounds of which they were allowed to visit through 
the kindness of Mrs, Pringle Douglas, whose gardener (Mr. Scott) 
assisted the party in their search for plants. The party visited 
Haining Lochs, in one of which the white and yellow water-lilies 
were abundant, and in the neighbouring pastures Botrychium 
Lunaria and Ophioglossum vulgatum, From Haining the party 
proceeded by the banks of the Ettrick to Philiphaugh, the grounds 
of which they were permitted to visit by Sir John N. Murray, the 
proprietor, and Mr, Pierie, the tenant, and visited the scene of the 
battle of Philiphaugh, thence proceeded by the banks of the 
Yarrow to Newark Castle, walked over the hills to Bowhill, 
which, through the kindness of His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, 
they also visited, under the guidance of Mr. Matheson, the 
gardener’s son, Afterwards some of the party ascended the hill 
above Philiphaugh for Lzstera cordata. All met at Selkirk about 
7.30 and returned by express train at 7.45 to Edinburgh. 
Return tickets, 3s. 3d. Breakfast, 1s. 6d. 
The following plants were collected :— 
Ranunculus Lingua Iberis amara (Philiphaugh) 
Nuphar luteum (Haining) Reseda lutea 
Nympheea alba (Haining) Viola lutea (Philiphaugh) 
Cardamine amara Stellaria nemorum 
(Philiphaugh) — (Philiphaugh) 
Arabis hirsuta Geranium pratense 
(Ettrick banks) (Philiphaugh) 
