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sandwort {Honheneja peploides), the Scottish JjOY&ge {Liffusticum 

 Scoticum), etc. 



The return journey was then commenced. One section of the 

 company returned by the same route followed in the morning, 

 while the other section, — all ardent naturalists— diverged as they 

 thought proper in search of their treasures. On the railway 

 slopes some splendid patches of Iberis amara were found, as well 

 as specimens of the viscid groundsel [Senecio vucosus) ; while the 

 wood-vetch {Vicia syhatica), flourished in great abundance, in- 

 cluding an almost white variety. In the wood above the tunnel 

 . the oak-fern {Folypodium Dryopteris) showed exquisitely fine 

 fronds, while there had been abundance of Anemone nemorosa. 

 The sun shone brightly during the time the walk back occupied, 

 and though there had been a stray shower or two it scarcely 

 served to damp the ground." 



By three o'clock all parties had returned. Several members 

 exhibited the contents of their vasculums containing garden 

 flowers, or plants otherwise remarkable for their singularity. Mr 

 Muirhead had a large collection of beautiful flowers, including 

 Fhlox Carolina, Saxifraga Wallacei, Papaver alpinum, Meconopsis 

 Camhrica, Veronica rupestris, V. Verhence, Ranunculas lullatus 

 plenus, Chrysohactron Hooker i, Lychnis viscaria alia, Delphinium 

 nudicaule, Lychnis Lagascce, Campanula turhinata, Btanthus neglectus, 

 D. glacialis, Silene alpestris, Linum Sibiricum, Geranium Armenicum, 

 JSrinus alpinus, Saponaria ocymoides, varieties of Eelianthemum, 

 etc. Dr Stuart, Chirnside, had also some fine plants, including 

 Lychnis viscaria alba, Aquilegia cceruka, A. chrysantha, and 

 "Borderer," a hybrid. Salvia alpina. Anemone Pennsylvanica, 

 Primula rosea, (^Afghanistan^ Achillea tomentosa, Minus Hispanicus, 

 and var. albus, Ourisia grandiflora, Lotus major flore pleno, Bellium 

 carulescens {^ovint Atlas), Campanula speciosa, Ficia sepium flore 

 albo (from Berwickshire), Saxijraga ceratifolia, S. Wallacei, Silene 

 alpestris, varieties of Digitalis, etc. Mr E. P. Brotherston shewed 

 some orchid blooms from Tyningham, which were especially 

 fine. They included Epidendrum vitellinum majus, a very fine 

 variety, with a long spike of flowers ; Odontoglossum vexillarum, 

 a large light coloured variety ; and Cattleya crispa, with a very 

 dark lip — a flne plant. Mr Andrew Brotherston brought speci- 

 mens of the noxious water-weed, Anacharis alsinastrum or Elodia 

 Canadensis, which he had gathered in the Teviot at Eoxburgh 

 Castle, and again above Eoxburgh Bridge. There is a slight 



