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which is now to be placed in the council chamber of the 

 town, in which he so long officiated. In 1842 Mr. Home 

 became one of the most regular attendants at our meetings, 

 and no one seemed to enter into the enjoyment of those 

 pleasant reunions more than he did — his fine old gentlemanly- 

 appearance will be long remembered. He was elected 

 president of the club in October, 1851. For some months 

 previous to his death his health had been indifferent, and for 

 change of air he went to Melrose, a locality which was always 

 dear to him from his boyhood. On the 3rd of September, 

 whilst walking out, he was suddenly seized with difficulty 

 of breathing from effusion, and died in an hour or two after- 

 wards, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. His remains were 

 interred in the cemetery at Berwick, and were followed to the 

 grave by the members of the town council, the clergymen of 

 every denomination, all the professional men, as well as by 

 the greater part of the respectable inhabitants of the town. 

 In him the poor and the needy had to mourn the loss of one, 

 who was always ready to assist them in their hour of distress. 



PATEICK CLAY, ESQ. 



The club has also to record the death of one of its earlier 

 members in the person of Patrick Clay, Esq., J.P., of New 

 Mills, near Berwick, on July the 12th. He was elected a 

 member of our club in May, 1847 ; but did not contribute 

 any paper to our Transactions. 



Miscellanea Botanica et Zoologica. By R. Embleton, 



Trifolium elegans (Savi). Last autumn I gathered several 

 specimens of this trefoil, in a field between Beadnel and 

 North Sunderland : it had no doubt been introduced amongst 

 the seed commonly sown. 



Coracias garrula, the Roller. A very fine specimen of 

 this very rare visitant was shot a few days ago, at Howick, 

 by the gamekeeper. It is very curious that another specimen 

 of this bird was found by the late Mr. George Moffatt, lying 

 dead near the village of Howick, several years ago : I have 

 often seen the specimen, but what has become of it I cannot 

 say. 



Trifolium hylridum, L. Alsike Clover. In a previous 

 notice, I mentioned I had found, infields near Beadnel, Trif. 

 elegans of Savi ; and in the last few days I have met with 



