30 REPORT OF MEETINGS FOR 1906 



from the Treasurer of the Newstead (Roman) Excavation 

 Fund was also read. 



1^ . Nominations in favour of Mr Gilbert Deas 



Davidson, and Mrs Mary Louisa Davidson, 

 Colling wood, Melrose, were duly intimated. 



Through the diligence and forethought of Mr Shiel, who 

 along with Mr Wilson had done much to make 

 Exhibits. the excursion enjoyable, a pair of man-traps, 

 once in use in the neighbourhood, were on 

 exhibition. From Longformacus House were shown a flint 

 hammer-head in excellent preservation, and an amber bead 

 picked up amid the ruins of Edin's Hall. 



The carriages for Duns, via Burnhouses and Chapel, left 

 Abbey St. Bathans at 3-30 ; but those for Grantshouse, via 

 Quixwood and Butterdean, were not due to start till 5 o'clock, 

 so that members returning by them had an hour to wander 

 through the policies which had been kindly thrown open 

 to them by the proprietor, Mr George G. Turnbull. In 

 the course of the day Cerastium arvense was observed on 

 Ordweel moor in great abundance, and Botrychium lunaria 

 on the same hillside in smaller quantity. Carduus heter-ophyllus 

 and Carex pilulijera were found on the river banks below 

 Edin's Hall, while Geranium sylvaticum, which fringed the 

 approach to Elba, gave place to G. pratense on the banks 

 of the river near Blakerston Ford. The excursion was 

 thoroughly well planned, and the time table left nothing to 

 be desired, so that without hurry a delightful day was spent 

 amid surroundings which amply repaid the exertions made 

 by many to reach the district at so early an hour. 



