1^8 REPORT OF MEETINGS FOR l90t 



a fact all the more to be regretted on account of the fine 

 floral display which the garden then presented, and the 

 courtesy extended by its owner to the members during their 

 examination of the remains of the Roman Military Station. 



An alternative route was intimated in the Secretary's 

 circular, namely, a botanical excursion under the leadership 

 of Mr William B. Boyd, Faldonside, to Gattonside Moss, 

 situated on the moor above the village of that name, and 

 distant from the Railway Station about two and a half miles. 

 Among tho.se who joined the party were Rev. David Paul, 

 LL.D., Mr Jas. Terrag, B.Sc, and Mr William Shaw, whose 

 account of the excursion contributed to a local journal is 

 gratefully included in this Report, as it is the last service 

 rendered to the Club by one, who for many years proved 

 himself an eminently intelligent and practical member. "On 

 the walls outside the Abbej' chui-chyard I was delighted to 

 find still the Flat-stalked Meadow-grass {Poa compressa) in great 

 abundance. The station is given in Flora Scotica, so that 

 this grass has been there for about one hundred years. On 



going through an old grass field to Gattonside 

 Gattonside Moss the Trailing St. John's Wort {Hy2)ericum 

 Moss. hamiftisum) was seen, though very scarce, and 



in a plantation the Narrow-leaved Vetch (Vicia 

 sativa var. amjustifolia), but not common. Before entering 

 the bog the Oval-spiked Sedge {C'arex oralis) was noted, and 

 there being good experts on that (jeniis present we were able 

 to distinguish a fair number of them. Of course the Mud 

 Sedge (C. limosa) was the best one, but almost as rare in 

 this locality was the Pale Sedge (C j^allescevs), of which I 

 obtained only one or two specimens before in the valley of 

 the Elwj'n. I was delighted, therefoi-e, to find a new station 

 for it. Then there was the Tawny Sedge (C. fulva), but 

 being such a late year it had much the appearance of the 

 Loose Sedge (C. distans). There were also a good many common 

 to all bogs, such as the Flea Sedge (C. pulicaris), the Little 

 prickly Sedge (C. stellulata), the Pink-leaved Sedge (C. 2}anicea), 

 the Common Sedge (C. vulgaris), the White Sedge (C carta) — 

 a neat little plant with white head only found at the 

 East end of the bog — the Yellow Sedge (C. flava), and the 



