On a Collection of Willows, by Mr A. Brotherston. 269 



There was a Chapel at Ryal, which is fast falling into ruins. 

 It was disused when Matfen Church was built in 1845. 

 There was also a Chapel at Inghoe, in this parish, of which 

 not a vestige now remains, but the curate was summonsed 

 to appear at the visitation held by the Chancellor of the 

 Diocese, at Newcastle, Jan. 22, 1582, in the time of Bishop 

 Barnes, and neither he nor the churchwardens appeared, and 

 in Feb. 14, 1583, the Chapel was vacant. Tradition points 

 out the site of another chapel in the Heugh village. I have 

 purposely abstained from going into any history of the parish in 

 general, or in describing any of its antiquities, or its geological 

 formation, or objects of Natural History, but have confined my 

 remarks entirety to the Church and its history. 



On a Collection of Willows, presented to the Berwick 

 Museum. By Mr A. Brotheeston, Kelso. 



As I take a great interest in, and have devoted much time and 

 attention to the large and important family of the Willows, I 

 have much pleasure in presenting a set of mounted specimens to 

 the Berwick Museum. Being a very critical genus of plants, I 

 venture to think that they may prove interesting from having 

 been chiefly gathered in the district, i. e., Roxburgh, Berwick, 

 Selkirk, and Northumberland, and also that they may be useful 

 for purposes of comparison. In all doubtful and critical cases, 

 examples have been submitted to the best authorities' on the sub- 

 ject for their opinion — including Mr J. Gr. Baker, Dr Boswell 

 (late Syme), and the Eev. J. E. Leefe. 



The Eastern Borders are particularly rich in "Willows, especi- 

 ally the lowland sorts ; in fact we have representatives of all the 

 species, only a few varieties being awanting. On the other hand 

 we have none of the Alpine kinds, although from the altitude of 

 the Cheviots we might have expected to find some of them there. 

 Owing to the draining of the land, it is probable that at no very 

 distant date, some of the most interesting will have disappeared 

 from the district, especially the bog-loving species. S. tenuifolia 

 is recorded in the "Eastern Borders" as growing plentifully in 



