476 Export of Meetings for 1881. By Jas. Hardy. 



lie had looked into Jamieson's Scottisli Dictionary, he would have 

 seen that Trow is the same as Trough, and there are a plurality of 

 them here where the water rushes among the rocks. Further up 

 were many Salices, including ramulosa, also Verhascum Thapsus, 

 Galium loreale, Carex Watsoni, C. muricata, Symphytum tuberosum, 

 etc. Mr Brotherston brought from a shady nook a fine plant of 

 musk mallow {Malva moschata) covered with blooms. Leucodon 

 seiuroides grew on several of the trees. The Tweed was in full 

 stream, and way was made along the margin of the beautiful 

 reaches, till Makerstoun grounds were reached. In the river it 

 was seen that Anacharis alsinastrum had got so far up the Tweed ; 

 and Mr Boyd stated that in the Teviot it had reached Ormiston. 



At Makerstoun Crags, which are partly of greywacke, the 

 spindle-tree, maiden-pink, black horehound, viper's bugloss, the 

 burnet rose, the great mullein, the stork's bill, and the common 

 feverfew grew ; also near it Juncus compressus. Below Makers- 

 toun, Carex muricata was gathered. On the Corbie Crags beyond 

 the mansion, Arahis hirsuta, Viola hirsuta, Helianthemum vulgar e, 

 Trifolium striatum, Avena pratensis, and Allium oleraceum grew, 

 Asplenium Trichomanes, and ^. Adiantum nigrum were gathered, and 

 a few specimens of Asplenium septentrionale, which is fortunately 

 in an almost inaccessible position. There is a fine portion of the 

 river above the Crags, wooded on both sides. The Eev. David 

 Paul reminds me that a fine Polyporus of which three or four 

 were seen just below Makerstoun House was Polyporus giganteus ; 

 and another handsome large fungus growing under a beech tree 

 close by, was Agaricus grammopodius — both uncommon. Several 

 examples of Agaricus Georgii occurred by the walks. There are 

 some magnificent trees in the park to the west of the house, of 

 which Mr Melrose has promised to let the Club have the dimen- 

 sions. In the entrance hall of the house is preserved an urn de- 

 rived from a camp situated near the Corbie Crags. There are 

 some old books in the library. A vault below the house is very 

 old, its date about 1400. There is a very fine view from the ter- 

 race in front of the house. 



The Tweed was crossed by a boat put at the service of the 

 members by Miss Scott Macdougall. Time did not admit of 

 visiting Eingley Hall as was intended. On the return nothing 

 was met by the waysides except Geranium pratense. It is said 

 that the Trows thicket is one of the few spots whence the mag- 

 pies have not yet been extirpated. Several went by Eoxburgh 



