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saunter under the shade of the trees fringing the streams, the 

 botanists were fortunate in identifying the few plants named 

 by the late Dr Hardy as having been seen by him during a 

 visit to the district in June 1889,* namely: — Carex riparia ; 

 Cnicus heterophyllus ; Geranium sylvaticum ; and Equisetum 

 sylvaticum : and contributed the following to the known flora 

 of Kielder : — Carex hirta; C.flava; C. disticha; C. pallesce^is; 

 C. sylvatica ; G. stellulata ; C. panicea ; Mentha sylvestris 

 (nemorosa) ; Trollius Europatus ; Geum rivale (proliferum) ; 

 Valeriana dioica ; Lysimachia nemorum ; Listera ovata ; Viola 

 hirta ; Callitriche pedunculata ; tSanguisorba officinalis ; Hiera- 

 cium Pilosella ; Asplenium Ruta-rauraria ; Sanicula Europoia ; 

 Stellaria Holostea ; S. uliginosa. 



At two o'clock the members repaired to the Castle, where 

 a sumptuous repast had been provided through 

 Luncheon, the generous forethought of their gracious host 

 and hostess, of which thirty-two guests gratefully 

 partook, as an early start and the keen air of the mountains 

 had tended to quicken their appetites. The President occupied 

 the chair, and, after a hearty meal had been enjoyed, 

 acknowledged in suitable terms the indebtedness of the Club to 

 their member, the Duke of Northumberland, for the unstinted 

 hospitality that had been extended to them on the occasion 

 of their first visit to his beautiful hill-residence. The toast 

 of their Graces' health was most cordially pledged. 



Ere separating for the afternoon the members were afforded 

 the opportunity of examining a plant of Sagina Boydii, dis- 

 covered on the Grampians by Mr Wm. B. Boyd, Faldonside, 

 who explained that owing to his inability to identify the 

 exact spot where he gathered it, this addition to science had 

 not as yet been included in the British Flora. The plant, 

 tufty in its habit and bright green in its foliage, was shown 

 in robust and perfect health. The same exhibitor had with 

 him a curious double green Snowdrop (Galav.thus viridis), 

 a natural seedling, with all its petals converted into sepals 

 of a uniform green colour, which had been raised by Miss 

 Russell, Ashiestiel. A nomination in favour of Mr H. H. 

 E. Craster, Fellow of All Souls, Oxford, was intimated. 



* Ber. Nat. Proceedings, Vol. xit., p. 477. 

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