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along the footpath at the S.W. of the village, through the 

 fields by Lightfield. On the way Centaur ea cyanus (L.) ; 

 Sypericum humifusum (L.); Hydrocotyle vulgaris (L.) ; Phalaris 

 arundinacea (L.) ; and a plant of white heather were gathered. 

 The Linnaea horealis (Gronov.) station was duly reached, where 

 we were met by the forester and gardener of Mellerstain. 

 The gale in the autumn of 1893 had endangered the station 

 by uprooting the large Fir tree at which the Linnaea grows. 

 The tree had been cut and the root carefully replaced. 

 Goodyera repens (Br.) was also found in a strip a little to 

 the east. The stately thriving trees, especially the Firs and 

 Oaks, were greatly admired. This chai-acteristic caught the 

 eyes of Richard Pococke, Bishop of Meath, who visited 

 Scotland in 1740, 1750, and again ia 1760. In a letter to 

 his sister, written from Wooler, on 28th September 1760, he 

 thus describes a visit to Mellerstain. 



" Mellerstains is well situated on an eminence, with a hill behind 

 it, to the west adorned with plantations formed into ridings and 

 stars. The offices are finished, and there is a fine piece ■ of water. 

 There are woods on each side, and on a hill to the north of the 

 water is a star. The rest is divided into very large fields, with 

 hedgerows of firr and other trees and quicks around them ; the late 

 plantation consist of double hedgerows and a walk between them, and 

 Mr Baillie is every year carrying on these improvements. His aunt, 

 Lady Murray, sister to his mother, Lady Binning, was a great heiress, 

 which she left to his mother and remainder to him. 



" At the end of a cross walk, called The Grove, is a building which 

 appears like a temple, and on each side of the door is a long 

 inscription, and likewise a very elegant Latin Inscription, writ by Dr 

 King, Principal of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, to the honour of the father 

 and mother of Lady Murray and Lady Binning, mother to Lord 

 Haddington and Mrs Baillie, wliich are here inserted."* 



It may be convenient to insert here a copy of the 

 inscriptions, on the Mausoleum, of the Baillie Family at 

 Mellerstain. 



On the front and below the point of the gable is sculptured 

 the coat of arms of the Haillies, with the motto — Ma.tor 

 ViRTTJS QuAM Splendor — and below it the following: — 



Built by George Baillie of Jervifswoode, Esq., 

 and Lady Grisel Baillie. ad. 1736. 



* Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, and 1760, by Richard Meathe, by 

 Mr Kerap for the Scottish Hist, Soc, 1887. 



