54 Earity ECCLESIASTICAL History OF DUNSCORE. 
53 See Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway N.H. 
and A. Society, 1912-18, p. 134. 
54 Calendar of Charters in the Register House, Edinburgh, 
No. 1687. 
55 Register of the Great Seal, iv., No. 1492. 
56 Register of the Privy Cowncil, iv., p. 407. 
57 Ib., vii., p. 584. 
58 Herbert Anderson, Protocol Book, Nos. 60, 61, in Trans- 
actions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway N.H. and A. Society, 
1914-15, p. 262. 
59 MS. Sheriff Court Book of Andrew Cunynghame, Sheriff 
Depute, Dumfries, 1577-1583. 
60 Register of the Great Seal, iv., No. 2474. 
61 Register of Deeds, xxx., fol. 267. 3 
62 Calendar of Charters in the Register House, Edinburgh, 
No. 3042, ap. No. 3109. 
63 Ib., and Register of the Privy Cowncil, iv., p. 407. 
64 vi., pp. 682, 815; vii., pp. 70, 584, 607, 620; vill., p 675; 
pp. 119, 847, 526; xi., pp. 248, 257. 
65 vi., No. 1662. 
66 Register of the Great Seal, vii., No. 2100; see also instrument 
of sasine dated July and recorded September, 1619, in the Dumfries 
Particular Register of Sasines, in favour of John, his son and 
successor. 
67 See instrument of sasine dated 28th March and recorded 8th 
April, 1628, in the Dumfries Particular Register of Sasines, in 
favour of John Maxwell of Schawis. 
68 See the instrument cited in the last note. 
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v 
Some Local Plants: Their Beauty and Utility. 
By JosEPH Swan. 
The Snowdrop (or Snowbell), Galanthus nivalis and 
Galanthus plicatus—the former being the species with which 
we are familiar; the latter, introduced from the Crimea, 
having broader plaited leaves and larger bloom—calls the 
other flowers to awake from their long, restful winter sleep. 
Soon, as if by magic, the Windflowers, thriving in ex- 
posed parts; the Lesser Celandine, studding grassy banks and 
sheltered places with glossy yellow star-like flowers; the 
Daisies, ‘* those pearl’d Arcturi of the earth;’’ and many 
others equally pretty, make their appearance; and also 
Anthriscus sylvestris (or Wild Beaked Parsley), that fringes 
