358 Report of Meetings for l88b\ By J. Hardy. 



On a marble slab inserted in the west end of the church occurs : 



" SACRED 



TO THE MEMORY OF 



ADAM FAIRHOLME, ESQ., 



OF CHAPEL, BERWICKSHIRE. 



BORN AUGT. 2, 1781. 



DIED MAY 24, 1853." 



Shield. "Quarterly, first and fourth, or, an anchor gules; 

 second and third, argent a boar's head erased sable, all within a 

 bordure azure." 



Headed by Mr Romanes about a dozen of the members walked 

 across Lauder Common to Chesterhill and thence to Muircleugh. 

 The burgess acres were passed through, little plots under a variety 

 of crops — oats, barley, turnips, and potatoes. Lower down behind 

 the town, the land appeared to be of a more fertile quality, or 

 more carefully managed. Some of the cottages out of town were 

 ornamented with carefully trained honeysuckles, which were in 

 full bloom ; Tropo&olum speciosum added its bright hues ; and the 

 showy French Willow (Epilobium august/folium), originally trans- 

 planted from some wild cleugh in Lammermoor, was a general 

 favourite. On the opposite side of the Lauder Burn, the Manse 

 sheltered behind with trees, and open to the south, occupied a 

 pleasant position. Linaria vulgaris was picked up. From this 

 elevation was obtained an expansive view of the Castle and its 

 wealth of woods ; and then looking towards the hills, their con- 

 tinuation in Egrop wood, said to be the oldest of the plantations 

 on the Lauderdale estate ; and farther up the slopes, Lyleston 

 wood, a detached mass of timber-trees. Then came the barer 

 hills, but still green and amenable to culture, and sprinkled here 

 and thero with single trees or bushes, almost up to the Lammer- 

 moor ridge. I missed the circular camp on Chesterhill, but it 

 was reported to be almost effaced. The Rev. Thomas Martin 

 handed me the following list of Ferns found by a friend of his on 

 Chesterhill, or its vicinity. 



Polypodium vulgarc. Blechnum boroalo. 



Dryopteris. Allosorus crispus. 



Lastrea Filix-mas. Cistopteris fragilis. 



dilatata. (On opposite side of the Burn.) 



Oreopteris. Ophioglossum vulgatnm. 



Pteris aquilina. - Botrychium Lnnaria. 



Ailivriura Filix-fcemina. 



