406 Dr. Johnston's Journal of a visit to Jardine Hall. 



A list of his numerous writings, up to 1850, may be found in 

 Agassiz and Strickland's " Bibliographia Zoologise," vol. iii., pp. 

 317—319 ; published by the Eay Society. 



As a befitting sequel to this Memoir, the Club is indebt- 

 ed to Mrs. Barwell Carter for the communication of a journal, 

 written by her father, of a visit paid to Jardine Hall, in 1844 ; 

 recording Dr. Johnston's impressions of Dumfriesshire and 

 Galloway, and his opinion of Sir William, derived from 

 personal intercourse. It forms a pleasing episode in the lives 

 of both distinguished Naturalists. 



J.H. 



Dk. Johnston's Journal of a short visit to Jardine Hall, 

 in 1844. 



And now we found ourselves in the avenue leading to 

 Jardine Hall, where a most friendly and cordial reception 

 awaited us, and we were soon at comfort and ease with the 

 family. 



Tuesday, 10th September. I spent this day in a stroll 

 through the gardens and grounds of Jardine Hall, and through 

 part of the estate. The House, built of a dark red sandstone, 

 reminded me of Twizel House, which it resembles in out- 

 ward appearance, but the interior arrangements are entirely 

 different. There were many things to interest us in the 

 gardens, which are well kept ; and the grounds contain many 

 fine trees, especially beech and ash, and a very large haw- 

 thorn stands near the house, which Mr. Selby has engraved 

 in his History of British Forest Trees. Sir William Jardine 

 pointed out to me some beautiful and thriving specimens of 

 the Firs that have been introduced of late years into this 

 country, and which grow here very fast and freely. In my 

 stroll adown the Annan — a sweet stream — I noticed some 

 small shoals of Dace, called here " Skellies," a fish I had not 

 seen previously ; and here too I gathered for the first time, 

 Jasione montana, and was much taken with the beauty of 

 its dark blue flowers. It grows in profusion in all this part 

 of Dumfrieshire, some fields being as full of it 'nearly, as 

 they are of the daisy with us. Several species of polygonums 

 — Hydropiper, lapathifolium, and Persicaria — abounded 

 to a most noisome degree in many of the fields ; which, in- 

 deed, in general seemed almost choked with annual weeds. 



