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fronts built of freestone. It was pulled down in 1790, and 

 in its place the present castle was built, from designs of Adam 

 of Edinburgh. 



On June 15 the members walked from Lamancha to 

 Eddleston, a wayside and moorland ramble, under the leader- 

 ship of Mr E. Denson. Scleranthus annuus was found and 

 Sedum villosum in great profusion in ditches by the roadside. 



On June 22 an excursion from Dolphinton to West Lin- 

 ton was made under the leadership of Mr M. J. Kae. The 

 moor being considered too wet to cross by most of the party, 

 the leader decided to follow the old Biggar Eoad, and by doing 

 so the party succeeded in getting a more interesting and larger 

 collection of plants. Mr Eraser found Teesdalia nudicaulis; 

 and among the rarer plants collected were — 



Montia f on tana. Cerastium arvense. 



Scleranthus annuus. Carduus heterophyUus. 



Sedum villosum. Viola lutea. 



Triglochin palustre. Botrychium Lunaria. 

 Comarum palustre. 



On June 29 the members walked along the shore from 

 Longniddry to Aberlady, under the leadership of Dr D. C. 

 M'Intosh. A number of sea-shore animals were found, and 

 described by the leader. The party afterwards botanised the 

 links of Aberlady, and the following plants were collected — 

 viz., Inula dy sent erica, Samolus Valerandi, Utricularia vul- 

 garis, Scrophularia vernalis, and Blysmus rufus. 



The first Wednesday afternoon excursion took place on 

 July 3 from Dalmeny to Cramond, under the leadership of 

 Mr Eupert Smith. The party, numbering fourteen, botanised 

 the woods and shore from Longcraig to Cramond, and among 

 the plants collected were (JEnanthe crocata, Fedicularis sylvatica, 

 Rosa spinosissima, and Thalictrum dunense. 



On July 6, fifty-three members, under the leadership of 

 Miss Helen W. Graham, visited Swanston Cottage, the early 

 home of Robert Louis Stevenson. The quarry garden, with 

 its drapery of clematis and its wall decorated with gargoyles 

 from St Giles', was visited first. The building material for 

 the cottage was got here. In the summer-house portions of 

 the first water-pipes — hollowed trunks of trees — were shown. 

 After inspecting the " pickle paths and plats and posies," the 



