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"West Foulden, gathered by him in a wood on the outer extremity 

 of Eawburn farm, where it marches with Evelaw. There was 

 also a series of drawings by Miss Russell, Jedbank, of bronze 

 celts and other valuable objects of antiquity preserved in the 

 Jedburgh Museum ; and Mr Walter Laidlaw sent two fine photo- 

 graphs of sculptured stones from Jedburgh Abbey, including the 

 Roman inscription ; also a photograph of Arum crinitum, which 

 had flowered in the Abbey garden. 



In addition to the papers on the programme, there was a com- 

 munication, through Mr Wm. T. Hall, Dunns Houses, Woodburn, 

 from the Rev. Mr Stephens, vicar of Horsley, on a bronze ladle 

 lately found by him on the Wanny Crags in the neighbourhood 

 of Risingham, which much resembles the Roman Patella dug up 

 in 1849, at the farm of Palace, Crailing; also an account of a 

 small leaden vessel in the form of an Acetabulum, which had 

 been got by a drainer near High Rochester in Redesdale. 



The following gentlemen were proposed for membership at 

 this meeting : Mr John Simson, Oxnam Row, Jedburgh ; Mr 

 James Gibson of Gunsgreen, Eyemouth ; Mr Frederick John 

 Leather of Middleton Hall, Belf ord ; Mr David Leitch, Greenlaw ; 

 and as an Associate, Mr James Watson, Jedburgh. 



In the morning, as well as after dinner, several members availed 

 themselves of the kindness of Mr Hay of Duns Castle, to visit his 

 beautiful grounds. The specimens of Araucaria imbricata here 

 are well-known to be the finest in the county, if not in Scotland. 

 The largest, beautifully grown and "furnished" as gardeners say, 

 was planted in the early part of this century, and is 44 feet high. 

 There is also an old Larch, which is probably co-eval with the 

 famous "Parent Larches" of Dunkeld. The stem is 21 feet in 

 circumference, two feet from the ground, and is perfectly healthy ; 

 but it was dismantled during one of our recent cyclonic visita- 

 tions. Another interesting object is a splendid old Myrtle about 

 36 feet high under glass, specially constructed to accommodate 

 it, which bears the following inscription : 



"Myrtus communis. 

 " This Myrtle was a sprig in the Bouquet of 

 the beautiful Miss Lucy Johnstone 

 of Hutton Hall, worn at a Ball given in 

 her honour at Blanerne about the year 

 1777-8. Mr. Lumsdaine of Blanerne 

 presented the plant to Mrs Hay, but there 



