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exactly with the greenery upon which the butterflies alight^ 

 Here it was we had lunch, after which we followed the stream 

 and Carr to Bradbury, which was the real goal of the day's 

 excursion, where there is an ancient disused railway embank- 

 ment clad with a great variety of interesting wild plants. 



After leaving Bradbury the party followed the road to 

 Sedgefield, where they were excellently catered for by Mrs. 

 Walton of the " Hardwick Arms." 



During the day the party was somewhat hampered by want 

 of a definite programme and proper guidance over the district, 

 as the ground was new to us all. The uncertainty of new 

 ground fraught with all kinds of possibilities is attractive to 

 the rambler with unlimited time and no trains to catch ; but 

 our experience on this occasion, with the knowledge of a big 

 day's mileage ahead, was rather disconcerting, particularly on 

 the wide stretches of the Carr, where we might have fared 

 much better with a guide. Apart from the disappointment 

 of the Carr, however, the remainder of our ramble was enjoy- 

 able in the extreme. 



The botanical finds of the day included : — 

 Meadow Lady's Smock Bitter Lady's Smock 



Globe Flower 



Great Burnet 



Lady's Mantle 



Brooklime 



Bistort or Snake Weed 



Bugle 



Goatsbeard 



Water Figwort 



Water Violet 



Water Avens 



Yellow Rocket or Winter 



Cress 

 Garlic Mustard (white) 

 Red Campion 



Marsh Marigold Jagged -leaved Geranium 



Wild Mignonette Creeping Yellow-cress 



Water Crowfoot Marsh Valerian 



Wood Geranium and others Meadow Rue 



The Midsummer Meeting consisted of a three days' sojourn 

 in North Northumberland on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of 

 June, with Belford as a centre; when, escaping the storms 

 that prevailed further south, the party were favoured with 

 delightful weather throughout. 



