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track between the Teviot and the Tweed. Midway along 

 Minto banks the curious parasitical LatlircBa squamaria will 

 be found abundant at one spot. Doronicum Pardalianches, 

 Impatiens Noli-me-tangere, and Helleborus foetidus also occur 

 in the glen, more than doubtfully native, which is all that 

 can be said of them anywhere in Britain perhaps. A genuine 

 instance of naturalisation will be seen in Mimulis luteus, 

 which carpets the glen in some damp places. We may 

 account for it here, but how shall we explain its also carpet- 

 ing the remote wilds of Glencoe? In connection with these 

 instances of the diffusion of new plants, not only within 

 the human period but since a very recent and well-ascer- 

 tained date, I may remark that Eschcoltzia Californica is 

 already knocking for admission into the British flora, cover- 

 ing as it does miles of railway embankment and chalk 

 downs in Kent. Indeed, in a clover field near Maidstone, 

 I have seen it more abundant than the clover. And yet Esch- 

 coltzia Californica is nearly as recent in Britain as Californian 

 gold. Returning to our undoubted aborigines, Minto Crags 

 present us with several interesting rock species. Lychnis 

 viscosa, Dianthus deltoides, Arahis hirsuta, Senecio viscosa, 

 Geranium sanguineum, and Viola hirta occur at the west 

 end of Dhu Crag, and Spirma salicifolia on the level below. 

 But the plants of most interest at the Crags are the ferns, 

 notably the Asplenia. Not to mention the A. Adiantum- 

 nigrum frequent all over their face, Dhu Crag yields in 

 abundance A. septentrionale, and the still rarer A. alterni- 

 folium will reward with its coveted fronds the diligent ex- 

 plorer. The chief specimens of the last-named, shortly after 

 it was discovered by me twelve years ago, were eradicated by 

 the mercenary cupidity of a neighbouring gardener. A few 

 fronds were, however, found three years ago when Professor 

 Balfour visited the locality. The woods of Minto are not 

 less interesting in their display of common floral beauties 

 than Denholm dean, and either route will in many ways 

 amply repay the botanical rambler. 



For the entomologists I append the following list of butter- 

 flies observed in the neighbourhood of Denholm : — 



Vanessa Atalanta, abundant. 

 V. lo. (Peacock) periodi- 

 cal, in dry summer of 1 857 

 swarmed everywhere, V. 

 TJrticce. 



Grapta C-alhum^ scarce. 



Pieris Brassicce. P. Rapce. P. 



Napi. 

 Anthocaris Cardamiiies. 

 Lasiommata Megcera. The 



Haugh, scarce. 

 Cynthia Cardui^ scarce. 



