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The report of this excursion would be incomplete did it 



not include an expression of the regret which 

 Burning of all who were so generously entertained on this 

 The Qlen. occasion must have shared, on reading in 



the public prints of 5th February 1905 that 

 this Border home had been reduced by fire to a roofless 

 ruin, little being left but the charred walls and gaunt 

 gables. Fortunately time was given and help was at hand 

 to save most of the art treasures for which the mansion has 

 long been famous. 



The members sat down to dinner in the Traquair Arms 



Hotel, Innerleithen at 5-30 o'clock, under the 

 Club Presidentship of Mr G. G. Butler. Mr George 



Dinner. Bolam reported the appearance of the Lesser 



White-throat, Sylvia curruca (Linn.), in the 

 neighbourhood of Berwick, where it was believed to have 

 nested. A full description of the discovery of six Stone 

 Pines (Pinus pinea) on the railway embankment between 

 Dunglass East Lodge and Bilsdean, Cockburnspath, by Mr 

 George Bolam, was read by Captain Norman, R.N., who 

 claimed this as the most Northern station in our island for 

 this Mediterranean species. The shelter of the embankment 

 and the undergrowth of privet seem alone accountable for 

 the preservation of this distinctly Southern variety. In 

 answer to an advertisement ia the "Scotsman" regarding 

 these specimens, no occurrence of others in Scotland was 

 reported. The following Nominations were received: — 

 Thomas F. S. Oaverhill, M.D., Edinburgh; Thomas Wilson, 

 Schoolhouse, Roberton ; Eev. Norman Macleod Wright, 

 Ancroft ; John Geddie, St. Ann Street, Edinburgh ; Fred. 

 E. N. Curie, Melrose ; Walter M. Thorburn, Melrose. 



