PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 477 
Leitch, Robert Lindsay, John S. Mackay, John Sadler, W. A. 
Stevenson, and Wm. Stirling, left Edinburgh per North British 
Railway at 9.35 am. by train going v7é Fife. Great crowd of 
passengers, and did not reach Perth till 12.30 p.m., being one 
hour late, by which time the ordinary train for Forfar had left 
the station. Special train was despatched and the party reached 
Forfar Station at 2 p.m. From Forfar the party proceeded to 
Kirriemuir, which they reached a little after 3 pm. After dining 
at the Airlie Arms Hotel the party proceeded by a two-horse 
drag to the Ogilvy Arms Hotel, Clova, their baggage being 
sent by a game-cart. They reached Clova about 7.30 p.m., 
having had rain during the greater part ofthe journey. They 
were comfortably accommodated by Mr. Alexander. A 
meeting of the Scottish Botanical Alpine Club was held in 
the evening. Dr. Leitch and Dr. Duncanson were elected 
members of the Club. 
Saturday, 3rd August 1872. 
After breakfast at 7.30 a.m. the members of the party left the 
hotel about 8.30 for Glen Dole. Three of the party had a dog- 
cart up to Acharn, thence they proceeded to the station for 
Malaxis paludosa, which was gathered by all the party. Then 
walked to the lochs on the western side of the glen, which were 
examined carefully as far as the lofty mountains called Craig 
Maid. The party returned to Acharn about 5.30, and were 
driven to their hotel in three dog-carts, one of them kindly fur- 
nished by the Rev. George Smith, minister of Clova, who has 
just been presented to the parish of Westray, in Orkney, with a 
stipend of £400 a year. After tea the plants were arranged and 
put on paper. 
Among the plants collected were the following :-— 
Thalictrum alpinum Rubus Chamzemorus 
Draba incana Dryas octopetala 
Silene acaulis Potentilla maculata 
Astragalus alpinus Saxifraga oppositifolia 
Rubus saxatilis ea stellaris 
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