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ne, repens and minus, Conyza squarrosa, Erigeron cana- 

 dense *, and also with several which are not British na- 

 tives ; particularly Carthamus lanatus, commonly called 

 le chardon beni des Parisiens ; Dianthus Carthusianorum, 

 Bupleurum falcatum, and Farsetia incana. In pursuing 

 our walk along the banks of the river, we picked up Inula 

 hirta, pulicaria, and the large-flowered species, I. Britan- 

 nica ; Chondrilla juncea, Salvia pratensis, Herniaria hirsu- 

 ta and glabra, Bupleurum tenuissimum, Sedum cepa?a, 

 Sisymbrium supinum ; — so that our botanic boxes soon 

 overflowed. 



In the course of our excursion we came to a garden, 

 where vines were planted on the north side of the wall, 

 and trained through holes to the south aspect. They were 

 chiefly the Chasselas, and Madeleine : the bunches of the 

 last-named were now nearly ripe. Having noticed some 

 trees of the Pcche de Nancy, or Apricot-Peach, Mr Blaikie 

 praised the good qualities of the fruit. It has the figure 

 of a peach ; but possesses distinctly the flavour of an apri- 

 cot, considerably resembling that of the Moorpark. A 

 late-flowering walnut, called Noyau de St Jean, may de- 

 serve the attention of the Society. Mr Blaikie mentioned, 

 that it does not flower till near the middle of June, and 

 yet produces its fruit about the same time with the varie- 

 ties which blossom more early. This seems a quality pe- 

 culiarly desirable in our Scottish climate. Plants of this 

 variety may be procured at the garden of Vilmorin-An- 

 drieux at Paris, — or from the nurseries at the Luxem- 



* This has already been noticed, p. 209. Mr Blaikie remarked, that it 

 was brought from Canada and cultivated at Kew near sixty years ago. It 

 seems now to have spread over the whole of the north of Europe ; for our 

 friend met with it even among the Alps. 



