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To these may be added — Viola hirta, Aralis thaliana. Erythrcea 

 centaurium, and Gentiana campestris, more or less plentiful on the 

 sand-hills ; Mentha arvensis, in the pastures ; Reseda lutea and the 

 common Reed by ditch sides, the latter representing the former 

 marshy state of the ground ; Rubus ccesius, sides of public road 

 near Belton-ford ; Symphytum officinale, near a ditch not far from 

 that place. 



The fourth meeting of the Club was held at Yetholm, on 

 Wednesday, August 25th, 1875. This was a very wet, 

 stormy morning from 7 till 9, when it cleared up, and 

 became a beautiful day. The members breakfasted at the 

 Plough Inn. Present — The Rev. J. F. Bigge, President ; Dr. 

 F. Douglas, Secretary ; Dr. C. Douglas, Dr. C. Stuart, Pro- 

 fessor Balfour ; Messrs. John Sadler, W. B. Boyd, J. B. 

 Boyd, John Turnbull ; Sheriff Russell, Dr. Robson Scott ; 



Revs. A. Davidson, P. G. M'Douall, J. S. Green, J. E. Elliot 



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Rev. Dr. Leishman ; Messrs. F. W. Collingwood, J. Robson 



Scott, W. Stevenson, T. Henderson, A. Brotherston, J. Clay, 

 C. B. P. Bosanquet, E. Friar, D. Watson, E. Douglas 

 Simpson ; Captain Forbes, R.N. ; Mr. James Leishman. 

 The Rev. A. Davidson exhibited specimens of the Psamma 

 baltica, and Mr. Brotherston a specimen of the Dodder 

 (Cuscuta Europea), which he had found growing among 

 tares at Blakelaw Edge. The whole party started for Tod- 

 crags, where greenstone porphyry is found with a vein of 

 sulphate of barytes. In the pool at the foot of the crags the 

 following plants were found : — Sium inundatum, Myrio- 

 phyllum altemiflorum, Ranunculus floribundus. On the 

 crag several of the Hieraciums were found — H. palli- 

 dum, ccesium, and one which much resembled boreale. I 

 was very sorry to learn that on this crag no less than three 

 badgers had been killed within the last few years. It is a 

 great pity that this now rare animal should be thus reck- 

 lessly destroyed ; sometimes for the sake of putting a badly 

 stuffed specimen in a glass-case, and sometimes for the sake 

 of some game. Any country gentleman who posseses such 

 a rarity should, in my opinion, treat it with the greatest 



