REPORT OF MEETINGS FOR 1905 



St. Boswells, for Langmoss. 



The Second Meeting was held on Thursday, 22nd June, 

 at St. Boswells, in splendid weather. The company assembled 

 at the Railway Hotel, Newtown St. Boswells, where brakes 

 were provided for the journey to Whitmuir Hall. Among 

 those present were: — Mr Wm. B. Boyd, Faldonside, President; 

 Captain Norman, E.N., Organizing Secretary ; Rev. J. J. M. L. 

 Aiken, B.D., Editing Secretary ; Mr Adam Anderson, Cumledge 

 Mill; Miss Black, Edinburgh; Mr T. Craig-Brown, Selkirk; 

 Mr James Curie, Priorwood, Melrose ; Rev. J. Daun, Ashkirk ; 

 Sir George B. Douglas, Bart., Springwood Park; Mr A. M. 

 Dunlop, Crawford; Miss Gair, Abbey Park, Coldingham; Mr 

 Arthur Giles, Edinburgh; Dr R. Shirra Gibb, Boon; Mr 

 Hart, Melrose; Sir Archibald Buchan-Hepburn, Bart., Smeaton- 

 Hepburn; Rev. David Hunter, D.D., Galashiels; Rev. David 

 Paul, LL.D., Edinburgh; Mr H. Rutherfurd, Fairnington ; 

 Mr John C. Scott, Synton ; Mr William Shaw, Galashiels ; 

 Miss Simpson, Bonardub, Coldingham ; Mr Jas. A. Somervail 

 and Mrs Somervail, Hoselaw ; and Mr Wm. Weatherhead, 

 Berwick. 



The drive to the scene of the day's botanizing lay along 

 the Selkirk highroad and through the parish of Bowden. As 

 there is a steep rise on the road most of the way, a fine view 

 could be obtained of the shapely Eildons and the rich woodland 

 of Eildon Hall on the North- West, and of the valley of the 

 Tweed on the East, rendered soft and mysterious by the 



