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towers, villages, castles, pele towers, churches, and battle-fields 

 give a human interest to the scene. On the north side of the 

 hill there is an oak plantation, almost the only memorial left of 

 the once extensive great forest of Cheviot." It was late in the 

 evening before the party returned to their quarters at the Black 

 Bull, "Wooler, pretty well tired with the excursion ; but the trip 

 will be long remembered as one of the most enjoyable in the 

 annals of the Club. 



Note on the Plants and Insects observed at the Wooler Meeting. 



Dear Sir, — I now enclose the note, which you did me the 

 honour to ask for, regarding my collections during the last 

 excursion of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club to Wooler. 



I really feel ashamed at seeing the little that I did and the 

 little that I have to say, but must call to mind, in my excuse, 

 that the weather did not favour us, as it rained copiously nearly 

 the whole time, and, for the departments of Natural History 

 which I particularly study, the season was too far advanced. 



Herewith is the list of plants which I collected, arranged 

 according to the denominations adopted, for the Phaneroganiae 

 and vascular Cryptogamae, in the latest edition of the London 

 Catalogue of British Plants (8th edition, 1886). 



Phanerogams. 



Berleris vulgaris, L. — Between Chillinghani and Chatton, in 

 hedges dividing fields of cereals. 



Polygala vulgaris, L. — Between Langleyford and the top of 

 Cheviot. 



Cerastium tetrandrum, Curt. — Between Langleyford and the 

 top of Cheviot and at the summit. 



Lychnis vespertina, Sibth. — Boad from Wooler to Kirknewton. 



Arenaria uliginosa, Schleich. — Prom Wooler to Chillingham. 



Stellaria graminea, L. — Prom Wooler to Chillingham. 



Malva sylvestris, L. — Boad to Wooler and Kirknewton. 



Lotus comiculatus, L. — Langleyford. 



Potentilla anserina, L. — Margin of Wooler Water, in front of 

 Wooler. 



