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way ; the most interesting, perhaps, being Garex laevigata, detected 

 by Dr. White in the woods of the Burn. After an excellent dinner 

 a visit was paid to the fine ruins of the Castle of Edzell, which was 

 reached just in time to escape a heavy thunder shower. The 

 ruins, even in their present condition, give evidence of the former 

 size and imposing aspect of the Castle ; and the striking and 

 curious adornment of the walls of the garden indicates a degree 

 of taste and refinement seldom met with in such surroundings. 

 The excursionists returned to Montrose past Stracathro, rejoining 

 at the bridge over the North Esk the road taken in the morn- 

 ing. 



EXCUKSIOtf TO ST. CYHUS AND JOHUSHAVEN. 



ON Friday, 25th July, a numerous company left Montrose at 

 10.8 a.m. Leaving the train at the North Water Bridge 

 station the party broke up into sections, some devotingtheir attention 

 more especially to the geology of the district, while others spent 

 the day upon the steep braes from the station eastwards towards 

 the sea, and on the links north of the old mouth of the North 

 Esk, between the cliffs and the sands, in quest of the rare or local 

 plants so numerous in this favoured corner of Kincardineshire. 

 Of the many interesting flowering plants observed during the day 

 may be mentioned, Lepidium campestre, Viola hirta, Dianthus 

 deltoides, Silene nutans, Hypericum 'perforatum, Trifolium striatum, 

 T. agrarium, Astragalus glycyphyllus, A. hypoglottis, Yicia lutea, 

 Lathy rus sylvestris, Rubus corylifolius, Galium horeale (a l.irge 

 patch on the links, only a few feet above sea-level), Car Una 

 vulgaris, Filago germanica, Eupatorium cannabinum, Campanula 

 glomerata, Echium vulgare, Origanum vulgare, Lamium inter- 

 medium, Anagallis arvensis, Suceda maritima, Salicornia herbacea, 

 Habenaria viridis, Allium vineale, Phleum arenarium, A vena 

 pubescens, and Elymus arenarius. 



Some interesting parasitic Fungi, rare or local in Britain, were 

 also met with, the most worthy of note being Cystopus Lepigoni 

 on Lepigonum marginatum, Peronospora Arenarice on Arenaria 

 peploides, JEcidium of *Uromyces Behenis on Silene maritima, 

 Tuccinia Schneideri on Thymus Serpyllum steins, *P. Porri on 

 Allium vineale, and *P. Sonchi Rob. on Sonchus asper. Those 

 marked with an asterisk are new to the district of Tay in which 

 St. Cyrus lies. J. W. H. T. 



