432 BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
At Farrichar and Moness :— 
Carduus heterophyllus Melampyrum sylvaticum 
Hieracium Lawsoni Calamintha Clinopodium 
Campanula latifolia Asplenium viride 
Trientalis europea Polypodium calcareum 
Some went to Killiecrankie and collected :-— 
Lathyrus niger | 
Some visited Methven Bog and collected :— 
Carex irrigua 
»  limosa 
Lastrea spinulosa 
Genista anglica 
Vaccinium Oxycoccus 
Scheuchzeria palustris 
tree 
Gatehouse and Kirkcudbright. 
Tuesday, 4th August 1868. 
Party consisting of J. Hy Balfour, A. P. Aitken, Charles T. 
Astley (Kent), A. Craig Christie, H. M. Church, R. P. Colvin, 
A. T. Coore, D. Liston, G. Twentyman, left Edinburgh by the 
Caledonian Railway Station at 1.10 p.m. for Gatehouse, travelling 
by Dumfries, and then by the Glasgow and South-Western 
Railway for Tarff Station, which was reached about 7 p.m. 
Professor Liston joined the party at Beattock, Rev. R. P. Colvin 
at Lochmaben, and Mr. Coore at Dumfries. 
Tarff Station is eight miles from Gatehouse. There is 
another Gatehouse station called Drumore, on the Caledonian 
and Portpatrick line, distant about seven miles from Gatehouse. 
The line from Dumfries to Gatehouse by the Caledonian Railway 
is longer than that by the Glasgow and South-Western. From 
Tarff the party was conveyed by omnibus to Mr. M‘Michael’s inn 
called the Murray Arms, where all were comfortably accommo- 
dated, arrangements having been previously made with the hotel- 
keeper. The party had their usual tea-dinner. Afterwards Dr. 
Balfour, with Mr. Astley and Mr. Coore, walked to Ardwell 
(distant two miles) to call on Mr. Walter Macculloch and to get 
