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before me. Near Crookham I found a plant new to me, viz. 

 Malva rotundifolia. It is a much prettier plant than the common 

 Mallow. I observed also several plants which do not occur in 

 this district, viz. Ballota nigra, Parietaria officinalis, and Sinapis 

 alba, in the neighbourhood of Crookham ; and Cerastium arvense, 

 near Wark, on my way home. I also observed on the road 

 between Kelso and Coldstream, on my way down, a quantity of 

 Parsley (Petroselinum sativum), on a dry bank by the road-side, 

 and apparently wild. Scirpus lacustris appears to grow in the 

 pond at Paulinsburn, and some other plants which I could not 

 make out from the road. The road-sides between Cornhill and 

 Wark were quite blue with the beautiful Geranium pratense ; and 

 Tanacetum vulgare was also most abundant. 

 " 4 Yours truly, 



"' Archibald Jerdan/" 



Powburn, August 16th. — " The locality is difficult of access, 

 but in every respect otherwise well fitted to be a field for the 

 Club's exertions and researches. Partly from its inaccessibility, 

 and partly from the uncertain state of the weather, few members 

 attended. These were, the Rev. G. Rooke, Dr. Johnston, Mr. 

 Collingwood, Ralph Carr, Esq., Mr. Tate and Mr. G. R. Tate. 

 A walk begun after breakfast was abruptly stopped by heavy 

 rain, and the members found nothing better to do than to beguile 

 the time by desultory conversation, under the shelter of a cart- 

 shed. The very little that was noticed will be brought before 

 the Club by Mr. G. R. Tate, in a separate communication. 



" After dinner the Minutes of the two previous Meetings were 

 read and confirmed. Dr. Stewart and the Rev. P. R. Simpson 

 were admitted Members. The Rev. Mr. West was proposed by 

 Capt. Carpenter, and seconded by Dr. Johnston ; and George 

 Cully, Esq., of Fowberry, and Mr. Charles Rea, of Doddington, 

 were proposed by the Rev. H. Parker; seconded by R. Carr, 

 Esq. 



" Dr. Johnston gave a description of the Eschar a cervicornis, 

 from Embleton Bay. No other communication was made. 



" On the day previous to our meeting, I made a short walk 

 amid the Cheviots, which, in a natural-history aspect, was most 

 unproductive. On an old dyke above Ilderton, on the road to 

 the Dod, Sedum album grew in great beauty and profusion, and 



