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Book of Stitchel, commencing 1655, the first Court being held by 

 Walter Pringle of Greenknowe in name of his nephew, Eobert 

 Pringle of Stitchel ; and a notice of the Treasure Trove at Long- 

 hope, Selkirkshire, by Mr J. J. Vernon, F.S.A. Scot., Hawick. 

 Mr Vernon's paper was illustrated by drawings of two of the 

 brooches found. The following were proposed and seconded as 

 members of the Club : — Mr Walter Grieve, Cattleshiel, Dunse ; 

 Dr J. Erskine Stuart, Dunse ; Eev. Alexander Phimister, M.A., 

 Gordon ; Mr J. Gordon Maitland, Advocate, Procurator-Fiscal 

 for Berwickshire ; Dr Haining, Earlstoun. 



Dr Stuart, Chirnside, had an interesting vasculum of flowers, 

 mostly grown by himself. The following were included: — 

 Reseda fruticosa, Aquilegia c^rysflw^A^, Aquilegia, "Borderer," a 

 hybrid between -4. coerulea and -4. chrysantha, A. ccerulea, Silene' 

 viscosa duplex, Bellium rotundifolium cmrulescens, TJialictrum adianti- 

 ■ folium, Beutzia crenata flore pleno ; Scutellaria var., Viola lutea 

 (North Italy), Primula luteola (Caucasus), Primula Scotica (Caith- 

 ness) Crucianella stylosa, and Violas — Thyra, Lady Susan Grant 

 Suttie Cwhites) ; Tomb Thumb, Eosalind, &c. Arahis alhda was 

 shewn from the garden wall at Haining, where it had been 

 gathered by the Eev. James Farquharson. Mr Loney brought 

 a fasciculated thorn-stem curved like a crosier. Mrs Dodds, the 

 school-house, Gordon, sent a proliferous stalk of Plantago major, 

 which was fruiting like a miniature bush instead of as a single 

 stem; and a number of rib-grass ''sports" were also shewn. 

 Mr Brotherston had a specimen of Barlarea intermedia from near 

 Belses Station, St. BosweUs, and Mnium affine in fruit from New- 

 ton Don. He explained that M. afine, Bland, according to Dr 

 Braithwaite was M. cuspidatum, L. not Hedw. ; M. cuspidatum, 

 Hedw., being M. silvaticum of Lindberg. Mr Stevenson exhibited 

 a large fine black-coloured fossil plant, covered with scales, 

 thought to be a Halonia, found at Swinton Quarry, and for- 

 warded by Mr J. Chalmers, Swinton. Mr Stevenson also pro- 

 duced a pale grey, almost white, small flint arrowhead, from 

 Chalkielaw ; and a small worn-out French copper coin with 

 three fleur-de-lis on it. Mr Wood shewed a farthing of William 

 and Mary, 1 694 ; also a small circular-cupped stone from the 

 British Camp at Torwoodlie. A large hole had been picked in it, 

 but there was none corresponding on the opposite convex side ; its 

 diameter was 1\ inch ; thickness, f inch. It was of greywacke, 



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