NATURAL HISTORY INDEX. 



Birds. — See Index of Birds. 



BoTAN'Y.— Plants, 11, 13, 14, 15, 

 16; Lycopodium alpinum, L. var. 

 decipiens, L., 17; at Callaly, 23, 

 24, 32, 33 ; Narcissus poeticus at 

 Montrena, Wild Roses at Faldon- 

 side, Utricularia and Potamogetons 

 in Selkirk Lakes, Faldonside, 33- 

 34 ; Fruit of Rubus arcticus, 34 ; 



42, 49; Milium effusum, 83; Plants 

 on Bewick Moors, 212 ; Botany of 

 Langton Dean, 222, 230, 232; at 

 Stichill Linn, 233; Thistles at 

 Amble in 1638, 270 ; Eoses in Sel- 

 kirkshire, 336-7; Saxifraga hir- 

 culus and Anthoceros punctotus, 

 341 ; William Shaw and others, 

 Rarer Berwickshire Plants, 401- 

 2 ; William Wood, Rarer Plants of 

 Newton Don, 403-4; Rev. Georjje 

 Gann, Mosses of Newton Don, 

 405 ; Rarer Berwickshire Plants, 

 by Adam Anderson, 405-8 and 

 Errata et Notanda. 



Exhibits of Plants and Flowers. 

 —17, 23, 34, 49, 84. 



Gardens Visited. — Callaly Castle, 

 25 ; Philiphaagh Gardens, 30 ; 

 Tester House Gardens, 45, 46 ; 

 Nisbet House, 53; Dans Castle, 

 60, 61 ; Langton House, 226 ; 

 Newton Don, 232 ; Laidlawstiel, 

 247. 



Trees and Woods. — Measured or In- 

 spected, 14, 15 ; Oak Scrub, 15, 16, 

 394; Sheriff Russell on a Scotch 

 Laburnum, 16-7; at Callaly Cas- 

 tle, 25; Dwarf Firs at Bridge- 

 heugh, 26 ; at Yair, Sunderland 

 Hall, and Philiphaugh, 33 ; at 

 Lennoxlove, 36-7 ; at Salton, Pen- 

 caitland, Winton House, and 

 Samuelston, 38 ; Coalstoun, 39 ; 

 Bolton and Eaglescairnie, 42 ; 

 Beech Hedges on the Tweeddale 

 Estate, 43; Trees at Yester House, 



43, 44 ; Measurements of some of 



the best, 45 ; Cedar at Cheeklaw 

 50, 146 ; Arancarias at Duns Cas- 

 tle, 60-1 ;^ Blown down Limes 

 successfully raised, 60-1 ; Sprigs 

 and Branches of Trees used on 

 Festival Days at Morpeth, Rowan 

 Tree, 129 ; Oak, 129, 132 ; Birch, 

 131 ; Holly Leaf, 134 ; Largest 

 Trees at Nisbet House, 146-7; 

 Yew Tree, 168; Langton Wood, 

 222 ; Trees at Newton Don, 296- 

 7 ; at Netherwitton, 241 ; Arau- 

 caria at Laidlawstiel, 247 ; Eli- 

 bank Wood, 248 ; at Ashiesteel, 

 249 ; Sir Walter Scott's Oak, 250, 

 335-6 ; Widdringtonia, genus of 

 Coiiiferae, its species, 289, 290 ; 

 Hagberry, 330. 



Geology. — Basalt Dyke near Kirk- 

 ton Burn, 10 ; Old Red Sandstone 

 of Rule Water, 11, 15, 20, 27; 

 Lepidodendron, examples of, 42 ; 

 Duns Spa, 50-1 ; Geology of Am- 

 ble and Hauxley, 87, 88 ; Geology 

 of Coquet Island, 118; Mr Tait. 

 on the Burns that flow to or from 

 Harehope Pond, 209, 210; Geology 

 of the Valley above Kelso, 228 ; 

 Meigle Pots, 246; Coal Pits at 

 Amble, 262-3, 264, 282-3; Rocks 

 of Newton Don, 312-3; Verter 

 Wells, 325-6; Geology of Lang- 

 ton Burn, 342. 



Zoology, Quadrupeds. — Wolf, Oat, 

 Hind, and Hare in Place Names, 

 16 ; Badger, 24 ; Field and Water 

 Voles, 84, 156-7, 174-5; Angola 

 Rabbits on Coquet Island, 120 ; 

 Coney Warren in Togston, 287 ; 

 Rats, nuisance, 175 ; killed by 

 Jackdaws, 327 ; Seals, 120 ; 

 Shrews, Common and Water, 84 ; 

 Stoats and Weasels, 157, 175. 



Entomology. — Trichiosoma lucorum, 

 11; Glow-worm, 33 ; Sirex gigus, 

 49. 



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