12 Anniversary Address. 



W. Tulloch, Kelso ; Captain W. Elliot Lockhart, younger, of 

 Borthwickbrae, Hawick ; Sir Edward Blackett, Bart., Mat- 

 fen, Newcastle ; Kev. William Sprott, North Berwick ; Cap- 

 tain Neil Kennedy, 2, Manor Place, Edinburgh. 



The second meeting of the year was held at Selkirk, on 

 Wednesday, the 28th of June : present — A. Campbell Swin- 

 ton, of Kimmerghame, President ; Mr J. Hardy, Oldcambus, 

 Secretary ; Sheriff Russell ; Dr Anderson, Provost of Sel- 

 kirk ; Drs. C. Douglas, Kelso ; Eobson Scott, Belford ; Grier- 

 son, Melrose ; Dewar, Melrose ; Professor Leishman, Glasgow 

 University ; Revs. Dr Leishman, Linton ; Dr Gloag, Gala- 

 shiels ; A. Davidson, Yetholm ; A. I. Ritchie, Whitekirk ; 

 W. Sprott, North Berwick ; J. Farquharson, Selkirk ; P. 

 McKerron, Kelso ; Patterson, Ancrum ; M. H. Graham, Max- 

 ton ; G. S. Thomson, Acklington ; J. S. Green, Wooler ; P. 

 G. McDouall, Kirknewton ; Captain Forbes, R.N., Berwick ; 

 Captain Macpherson, Melrose ; Messrs W. B. Boyd, Ormis- 

 ton ; J. S. Dudgeon, Longnewton ; John Clay, Berwick ; G. 

 P. Hughes, Middleton Hall ; S. H. Smith, Norham ; James 

 Dipnall, Overbury Hall, Suffolk ; A. H. Borthwick, Melrose ; 

 J. Hornsby, Lancashire ; David Watson, Hawick ; C. M. 

 Wilson, Hawick ; James Brown, Selkirk ; George Rodger, 

 Selkirk ; M. H. Dand, Hauxley Hall ; A. Brotherston, 

 Kelso ; J. B. Kerr, Kelso ; J* Smail, Galashiels ; W. Brown, 

 Galashiels ; A. H. Evans, Scremerston ; W. Currie, Linthill ; 

 J. Wood, Galashiels ; James Tait, Kelso ; John Freer, Mel- 

 rose. After breakfast at the County Hotel, the party divided 

 into two detachments, the botanists taking their way up the 

 Ettrick and Yarrow towards Bowhill, while most of the mem- 

 bers drove to Philiphaugh, the residence of Sir John Murray, 

 Bart. ; near to which was fought the battle in which General 

 Leslie, who commanded the Covenanters, defeated the Royal- 

 ists under Montrose. On the way to the house, a pyramid 

 was passed, overgrown with ivy, on which is the following 

 inscription : — " Erected by Sir John Murray, Bart., to the 

 memory of the Covenanters, who fought and gained the 



