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returned to the foot of the hill about 5.30 p.m., and then pro- 
ceeded in a conveyance to Killin. 
The adventures of the last three days (8th, 9th, and t1oth 
August) led to the formation of the Scottish Naturalists’ Alpine 
Club, to consist of naturalists who are in the habit of visiting 
alpine districts in Scotland for the sake of natural science. No 
one to be admitted who had not ascended on foot at least three 
Scottish mountains of not less than 3300 feet above the level of 
the sea. Each person, before admission, must give a list of the 
mountains he has ascended. 
The following were declared to be the original members of the 
Club, all of them having proved their qualification :—Professor 
Dickson, Rev. R. F. Colvin, Dr. Walker, Mr. Church, Mr. Aitken, 
Mr. Shaw, Mr. Sadler, Mr. Gibson, and Mr. I. B. Balfour. 
A meeting of the members to be afterwards held at Edinburgh 
to arrange the rules and plan of procedure of the Club. 
Thursday, 11th August 1870. 
Another fine and. dry day. This day the party broke up. 
Among the plants collected during the excursion were the 
following :— 
Corydalis claviculata Saxifraga nivalis 
Draba incana a stellaris 
rupestris i; aizoides 
Cochlearia. alpina = cernua 
Silene acaulis hypnoides 
Cerastium alpinum Sadie villosum 
Alsine rubella Epilobium alsinifolium 
Cherleria sedoides s alpinum 
Sagina saxatilis Meum athamanticum 
»  Nivalis Erigeron alpinus 
Rubus suberectus Gnaphalium supinum 
Dryas octopetala Saussurea alpina 
Potentilla maculata Hieracium alpinum 
Alchemilla alpina a Lawsoni 
Saxifraga oppositifolia »  eorymbosum 
