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alternifolium, L., C. oppositifolium, L., Neottia mdus-avts, Rich., 

 Bravhypodium sylvaticum, BeauY., Euonymus europceus, L., 

 Rhamnus catharticus,'L., Prunus insititia, Huds., Spiraea salicifolia, 

 L., and a Fyrus named pinnatifida, by Dr J. A. H. Murray. 



5. — Ulgham, Longhorslet, and Morpeth. — 

 By J. 0. Hodgson, Warkworth. 



The fifth meeting was held on 9th September at Ulgham 

 and Longhorsley. Tlie following members assembled at 

 Widdrington Railway Station at half-past eleven o'clock : — 

 Messrs J. Ferguson, Duns, the President ; John Bolam, Bilton ; 

 George Bolam, Berwick ; A. M. Dunlop, Ashkirk ; M. H. Dand, 

 Hauxley ; A. H. Evans, Cambridge ; George Fortune, Duns ; 

 J. 0. Hodgson, Warkworth ; W. H. Johnson, Edinburgh 

 (visitor) ; the Rev. Thos. Leishman, D.D., Linton; Major J. F. 

 Macpherson, Edinburgh ; Messrs B. Morton, Sunderland ; J. L. 

 Newbigin, Alnwick; Charles Romanes, Edinburgh; E. Thaw, 

 Birling; and the Rev. J. Walker, Whalton Rectory. 



A short drive by way of Pegswood brought the party to 

 Ulgham Park Wood, in which with no fuller knowledge than 

 the explicit written direction of the Rev. Geo. Robinson, vicar 

 of Ulgham, the " Boome tree" was easily found. All that 

 remains of this ancient monarch of the woods is the lifeless 

 stump, eighteen or nineteen feet in height, of what must 

 have been in its days of life and health a mighty oak. It 

 was suggested that a "boome" tree means no more than a 

 boundary tree ; certainly the Boome tree at Alnwick, blown 

 down on the Ash Wednesday of 1836, seems to have been 

 on the boundary of the churchyard. In the latter case the 

 Boome tree was an ash. 



Whilst in the wood rain began to fall, and with intervals 

 it continued to do so through the remainder of the day. 

 When Ulgham was reached a welcome shelter was found 

 under the roof of the parish church. The vicar was unfortu- 

 nately from home, but the Rev. John Walker pointed out 

 the features of interest. 



Ulgham is a member of the barony of Morpeth, and 

 has at various times been spelled Hulcham, Ullecham, 

 Elchamp, and Ougham ; there is a place of the same name in 



