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Earlston, for Carolside and Corsbie, 



The third meeting was held at Earlston on Wednesday, 

 27th July. A long spell of drought had given place to heavy 

 rain earlier in the week, and on members assembling at 10-30 a.m. 

 they were greeted with prognostications of dull weather. Rain 

 began to fall as they seated themselves in the brakes, and 

 continued incessantly till they reached their ultimate destin- 

 ation at 1 p.m. Thereafter the clouds parted, and a pleasant 

 afternoon followed. Among those who took part in the 

 excursion, a few of whom occupied private carriages and motor- 

 cars, were the following : — Rev. Matthew Culley, President ; 

 Rev. J. J. M. L. Aiken, B.D., Secretary ; Mrs Bertalot, Ayton ; 

 Mr J. W. Blackadder, Chirnside ; Mr Robert Blackadder, Edin- 

 burgh ; Mr Wm. B. Boyd, Faldonside ; Mr A. G. Bradley, Rye ; 

 Mr G. G. Butler, Ewart Park; Miss A, N. Cameron, Duns; 

 Mr Robert Carmichael, and Mrs Carmichael, Coldstream ; Mr 

 Reginald Collie, and Mrs Collie, Stoneshiel ; Sir George B. 

 Douglas, Bart., Springwood Park ; Dr R. Shirra Gibb, and 

 Misses Gibb, Boon ; Rev. J, F. Leishman, M. A., Linton ; Mr 

 William Maddan, Norham ; Rev. John MacLaren, Ayton ; 

 Rev. Archibald MacLaren, and Mrs MacLaren, Glasgow ; 

 Mr F. McAninly, Coupland Castle; Rev. Wm. McConachie, 

 and Mrs McConachie, Lauder ; Mr James Romanes, Melrose ; 

 Mr Henry Rutherfurd, Fairnington ; Miss Simpson, Coldingham ; 

 Mr Jas. A. Somervail, and Mrs Somervail, Hoselaw. 



Leaving Earlston by the Lauder road, the party drove along 

 the left bank of the Leader. On the roadside, which is wooded, 

 they noted Leopard 's-bane ( Doronicum Pardalianches), Alkanet 

 (Anchusa semper-virens), Garlic Mustard (Sisymbrium alliaria), 

 and Chervil (Chcerophyllum temzdum), amid a copious growth 

 of more common plants. The road is comparatively new, the 



